ϣⲏⲣⲉ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic Egyptian šr, from Egyptian

(šr, “boy, son”).

Noun

ϣⲏⲣⲉ • (šēre) m (plural ϣⲏⲣⲉ (šēre) or (S) ϣⲣⲏⲩ (šrēu) or (S) ϣⲣⲉⲩ (šreu), nominal form (S, A, L) ϣⲣ- (šr-) or (A) ϣⲏⲣ- (šēr-) or (S) ϣⲉ- (še-) or (S) ϣⲓ- (ši-) or (S) ϣⲟⲩ- (šou-) or (S) ϣⲛ- (šn-) or (S) ϣⲏⲛ- (šēn-))

  1. (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) son
    Coordinate term: ϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ (šeere)
    • 11th-to-12th century?, untitled document (manuscript), page 3; republished as “Sahidic Fragments of the Life of the Virgin”, in J. Armitage Robinson, editor, compiled by Forbes Robinson, Coptic Apocryphal Gospels - Translations Together with the Texts of Some of Them (Texts and Studies - Contributions to Biblical and Patristic Literature; 4), Eugene (OR): Wipf and Stock, 1896, published 29 September 2004, →ISBN, Fragment I, page 2:
      ⲁⲥϣⲧⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙϩⲏⲧϥ (Sahidic)
      asšto mpesšēre mhētf
      [...] she laid her son in it
  2. (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) boy
  3. (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) child (of unspecified sex)
  4. (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) young (of animals)

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