ϣⲁ

Coptic

Etymology
From Demotic šꜥ (“as far as”), from

Egyptian r-šꜣꜥ (“as far as”), cf. also

šꜣꜥ-r.

Preposition

ϣⲁ (ša)

  1. to, toward
    Ϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ Ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ ϣⲁ Ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ- 14 ⲛϫⲱⲟⲩ . ― Jōou niben isjen Abraam ša Dauid- 14 njōou . ― So all generations from Abraham to David- 14 generations.

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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