ⲧⲃⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Fish on the tomb of Menna

ⲧⲉⲃⲧ (tebt) – Bohairic
ⲧⲏⲃⲉⲧ (tēbet) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic tbṱ, from Egyptian tbt.

Noun

ⲧⲃⲧ (tbt) m (plural identical to singular)

(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) fish

References

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

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