ⲥⲃⲱ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲃⲟⲩ (sbou) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (sbꜣ.t), from Egyptian (sbꜣyt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Classical Coptic) /(ə)sˈβoːʔ/
• IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /(a)sˈwu/
• IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /esˈvo/

Noun

ⲥⲃⲱ • (sbō) f

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic) teaching, doctrine

Derived terms

• ϭⲓⲥⲃⲱ (cisbō)
• ϯⲥⲃⲱ (tisbō)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 319