ⲛⲁϥⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲛⲟⲃⲓ (nobi) – Bohairic
ⲛⲁⲃⲉ (nabe) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
ⲛⲁⲃⲓ (nabi) – Fayyumic
ⲛⲟⲃⲉ (nobe) – Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (nby), ⁠⁠⁠ (nbe.t, “damage, sin”), from Egyptian
(nb, “damage, sin”).

Noun

ⲛⲁϥⲓ • (nafi) m (plural ⲛⲁϥⲓ (nafi))

(Fayyumic) sin, transgression

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 222
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 106

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