ⲥⲓⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology
From Demotic syṱ (“serpent”), from Egyptian zꜣ-tꜣ (name of a serpent, literally “son of the earth”), from
zꜣ (“son”) +

tꜣ (“land, earth”).

Noun

ⲥⲓⲧ (sit) m

  1. (Sahidic, Old Coptic) basilisk
  2. (Sahidic, Old Coptic) cerastes (horned viper)

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