ⲑⲉϣⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic (tše), from Egyptian *


(*tꜣšj), from tꜣš (border) + -j (nisba ending).

Noun

ⲑⲉϣⲉ • (thešem (feminine ⲑⲉϣⲏ (thešē), plural ⲑⲉϣⲉⲩ (thešeu))

  1. (Bohairic) neighbor

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 452
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 202
  • Spiegelberg, Wilhelm (1921), Koptisches Handwörterbuch[2] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 159
  • Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 58–59
  • Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago[3], volume T (12.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 296