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Form

Dial.

Form ID

POS

Attestation

ⲕⲁϣ

CF4383

Subst. m.

Scriptorium tag: N

1.	(En)	reed
	(Fr)	roseau
	(De)	Schilf
	Bibliography: CD 130ab ?; KoptHWb 72?; ChLCS 20a?

Descended from Demotic qš(e), Hieroglyphic Egyptian gꜣš rush; reed; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]

Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)

Sahidic:

ⲟⲩⲕⲁϣ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲟϣϥ ⲛϥⲛⲁⲟⲩⲟϭⲡϥ ⲁⲛ . ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲗ ⲉϥϩⲧⲙⲧⲱⲙ ⲛϥⲛⲁϫⲉⲛⲁϥ ⲁⲛ . ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉϥⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲉϥϩⲁⲡ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ . He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory. 40_Matthew_12 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.matt.sahidica:12)
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲥⲡⲓⲣ ⲙⲡⲣⲏⲥ ⲁϥϣⲓⲧϥ ⲛϯⲟⲩ ⲛϣⲉ ⲙⲡⲕⲁϣ ⲉϥⲕⲱⲧⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲕⲁϣ ⲉϣⲁϥϣⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ And he turned to the west, and measured in front of the west side, five hundred cubits with the measuring reed. Ezekiel 42 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.ezek.coptot:42)
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲃⲧ ⲛⲉϥⲙⲡⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲏⲓ ⲉϥⲕⲱⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉϥϩⲛ ⲧϭⲓϫ ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛϭⲓⲟⲩⲕⲁϣ ⲛϣⲓ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲣⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲁϩⲉ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁϩⲉ ⲙⲛⲟⲩϣⲟⲡ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥϣⲓ ⲡⲟⲩⲱϣⲥ ⲙⲡⲕⲱⲧ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲁϣ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϥϫⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲉϥϣⲏϣ ⲙⲛⲡⲕⲁϣ ⲉⲡⲥⲁ ⲡⲥⲁ And behold a wall round about the house without, and in the man's hand a reed, the measure of it was six cubits by the cubit, and a span: and he measured across the front wall; the breadth was equal to the reed, and the length of it equal to the reed. Ezekiel 40 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.ezek.coptot:40)

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TLA lemma no. C1479ⲕⲁϣ