ϣⲱⲡⲓ

Coptic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Old Bohairic) /ˈʃoːpə/
  • IPA(key): (Late Bohairic) /ˈʃuba/
  • IPA(key): (Greco-Bohairic pronunciation) /ˈʃopi/

Etymology 1

From Demotic špj, šwbj (cucumber), from Egyptian sšpt, šspt, šbt (cucumber).

sS
p t
Hn
Z2ss

Alternative forms

Noun

ϣⲱⲡⲓ • (šōpi) ?

  1. (Bohairic) cucumber (fruit)

Etymology 2

From Demotic ḫpr, from Egyptian ḫpr (become).

xpr
r

Alternative forms

Verb

ϣⲱⲡⲓ • (šōpi)

  1. (Bohairic, Fayyumic) to become
  2. (Bohairic, Fayyumic) to befall
Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
  • Atiya, Aziz Suryal, editor (1991), “Protodialect”, in The Coptic Encyclopedia, New York: Macmillan, →ISBN
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