ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲧⲉⲉⲃⲉ (teebe) — Akhmimic
• ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲓ (taibi), ⲧⲱⲃⲓ (tōbi), ⲑⲏⲃⲓ (thēbi), ⲑⲉⲃⲓ (thebi) — Bohairic
• ⲧⲉⲃⲉ (tebe) — Fayyumic
• ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe) — Lycopolitan
• ⲧⲏⲏⲃⲉ (tēēbe), ⲧⲏⲃⲉ (tēbe), ⲧⲉⲃⲓ (tebi) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic tbyt (“sarcophagus, shrine, chest”), dbt, tbt (“chest”), from Egyptian (ḏbꜣt, “sarcophagus, coffin”) and (dbt, “chest, box”)

Noun

ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲉ • (taibe) m or f

1. (Sahidic) chest, coffin, pouch, large box

References

• TLA lemma no. C4166 (ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]
• TLA lemma no. C4167 (ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]
• Marcion Coptic dictionary