ⲥⲏϥⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic sfy (“knife, sword”), from Egyptian zft (“knife, sword”).

Noun

ⲥⲏϥⲓ (sēfi) f (plural identical to singular)

  1. (Bohairic, Fayyumic) sword

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