ϣⲗⲏⲗ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic šll (to pray), from Late Egyptian šrr (to shout). By surface analysis, ⲱϣ (ōš) + ⲗⲏⲗ (lēl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Old Bohairic) /(ə)ʃˈleːl/
  • IPA(key): (Late Bohairic) /(a)ʃˈlal/
  • IPA(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /eʃˈlil/

Verb

ϣ̀ⲗⲏⲗ • (š̀lēl)

  1. (Bohairic, Sahidic, Fayyumic, Akhmimic) pray

Conjugation

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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