ⲥⲱⲡⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology
From Demotic spy, sby (“lip, edge”), from Egyptian

(spt, “lip, edge”).

Noun

ⲥⲱⲡⲉ (sōpe) f (plural ⲥⲱⲡⲉ)

  1. edge
  2. fringe

See also
  • ⲥⲡⲟⲧⲟⲩ (spotou, “lips; edge, shore”) (dual)

References
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 351
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 159
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