ⲗⲁⲡⲧ
Coptic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Semitic, compare Arabic لِفْت (lift, “turnip”), Hebrew לֶפֶת (lefet, “turnip”), Classical Syriac ܠܰܦܬܳܐ (laftā, “turnip”), Akkadian 𒇻𒂠𒊬 (LU.UB2.SAR /laptu, liptu/, “turnip”).
Noun
ⲗⲁⲡⲧ • (lapt) m
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 145b
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 74