ϧⲏⲃⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϩⲏⲃⲥ (hēbs) – Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
ϩⲉⲃⲥ (hebs) – Sahidic
ϩⲃⲥ (hbs) – Sahidic
ⳉⲏⲃⲥ (xēbs) – Akhmimic
ϩⲏⲃⲉⲥ (hēbes) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic ẖbs (“lamp”), from Egyptian
(ḫbs, “wick, lamp”).

Noun

ϧⲏⲃⲥ • (xēbs) m

(Bohairic) lamp

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 275
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 658

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