ⲕⲃⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲭⲃⲟⲃ (khbob) – Bohairic
ⲕⲃⲁ (kba) – Sahidic

Etymology

From Egyptian qbb (“to cool, to be(come) cool”).

Verb

ⲕⲃⲟ • (kbo)

(intransitive) (Sahidic) to cool, to be(come) cool
(transitive) (Sahidic) to make cool

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 52
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 100

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