ⲗⲉⲃⲁⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲗⲁⲃⲱ (labō) — Bohairic

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

ⲗⲉⲃⲁⲛ • (leban) m

cable of a ship, tow, hawser

Descendants

→ Egyptian Arabic: لبان (libān)

References

Bishai, Wilson B. (1964) “Coptic Lexical Influence on Egyptian Arabic”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 23, number 1, →DOI, page 43b
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 137b

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