ⲑⲁϥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲧⲁϥ (taf) — Sahidic
• ⲑⲏϥ (thēf) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Egyptian (tf, “spittle, to spit out”).

Noun

ⲑⲁϥ • (thaf) m

1. (Bohairic) spit, saliva

Derived terms

• ϩⲓⲑⲁϥ (hithaf, “to spit”)
• >? ⲉⲗⲧⲟϥ (eltof), ⲉⲗⲧⲟⲧϥ (eltotf, “to spit on”)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 202
• TLA lemma no. C4732 (ⲑⲁϥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]
• TLA lemma no. C4734 (ⲑⲁϥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]