ⲉⲣⲃⲉ

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Coptic[edit]

A horse enclosure

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Demotic rbt (“enclosure, pen, cavalry camp”). Compare Coptic ⲱⲣϥ (ōrf).

Noun[edit]

ⲉⲣⲃⲉ • (erbe) f

  1. (Sahidic) enclosure, pen

Derived terms[edit]

  • ϯⲉⲣⲃⲉ (tierbe, “Diyarb, an Upper Egyptian toponym used in number of places i.e. Diyarb Buqtaris, Diyarb Nigm, Diyarb Haşim”)

Descendants[edit]

  • → Arabic: ديرب (diyarb), طرفة (tirfa)

References[edit]

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
  • Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎[1] (in German), Göttingen, page 37
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