ⲧⲉⲃⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Fish on the tomb of Menna

ⲧⲃⲧ (tbt) – Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
ⲧⲏⲃⲉⲧ (tēbet) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic tbṱ, from Egyptian tbt.

Noun

ⲧⲉⲃⲧ (tebt) m

(Bohairic) fish

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 183

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