ⲗⲁⲃⲟ

Coptic

Etymology

Two lions, symbolizing yesterday and tomorrow.

From Demotic lby (“bear, lion”), from Late Egyptian rby (“lion”), possibly from earlier rwꜣbw. Ultimately an Egyptian borrowing from Semitic.

Noun

ⲗⲁⲃⲟ (labo) m

(Bohairic) lion

Synonyms

ⲙⲟⲩⲓ (moui), ⲙⲟⲩⲉⲓ (mouei)
ⲃⲉⲗⲑⲱⲛ (belthōn)

References

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

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