ⲧⲏⲃⲉⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲧⲉⲃⲧ (tebt) — Bohairic
ⲧⲃⲧ (tbt) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic tbṱ, from Egyptian tbt.

Noun

ⲧⲏⲃⲉⲧ • (tēbet) m (plural ⲧⲏⲃⲉⲧ (tēbet))

(Fayyumic) 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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