ⲧⲃⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲧⲉⲃⲧ (tebt) — Bohairic
ⲧⲏⲃⲉⲧ (tēbet) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic tbṱ, from Egyptian tbt.

Noun

ⲧⲃ̄ⲧ • (tb̄t) m (plural ⲧⲃ̄ⲧ (tb̄t))

(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) fish

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 401
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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