ⲛⲏⲃ

Coptic

Etymology

The god Osiris, lord of the dead

From Demotic (nb, “lord, lady”), from a merger of Egyptian (nb, “lord”) and Egyptian (nbt, “lady”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Bohairic) IPA^(key): /neːb/
• (Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /nab/
• (Pronunciation reform) IPA^(key): /nib/

Noun

ⲛⲏⲃ • (nēb) ? (nominal form ⲛⲉⲃ‐ (neb‐))

1. (Bohairic, Old Coptic) lord
2. (Bohairic) owner, master
3. (Bohairic) mister
4. (Bohairic) mistress, lady

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN