ⲑⲉϣⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲧⲉϣⲉ (teše) — Sahidic
• (rare) ⲑⲉϣⲏ (thešē) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic tše, from Egyptian *tꜣšj, from tꜣš (“border”) + -j (nisba ending).

Noun

ⲑⲉϣⲉ • (theše) m or f (plural ⲑⲉϣⲉⲩ)

1. (Bohairic) neighbor

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 452
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 202
• Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 58–59
• Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago‎^[2], volume T (12.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 296