Scriptorium tag: V
 1. (En) bite, pierce
(Fr) mordre
(De) beißen, stechen
Bibliography: CD 139b?; KoptHWb 77?; ChLCS 21b?
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
  • ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲗⲱⲕⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲛⲉⲣⲏⲩ . ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲟⲩⲱⲙ . ϭⲱϣⲧ ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲱϫⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲛⲛⲉⲧⲛⲉⲣⲏⲩ . But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don't consume one another. 48_Galatians_5 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.gal.sahidica:5)
  • ⲡⲉⲧϣⲓⲕⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲓⲉⲓⲧ ϥⲛⲁϩⲉ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲣϣⲣ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲟⲉ ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉ ⲡϩⲟϥ ⲛⲁⲗⲟⲕⲥϥ He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite. 21_Ecclesiastes_10 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.eccl.coptot:10)
  • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛϭⲓⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲛⲁϩⲣⲙⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ϫⲉⲙⲁⲧⲁⲙⲓⲟ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲟϥ ⲛϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲛⲅⲕⲁⲁϥ ϩⲓϫⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲥϣⲁⲛϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲡⲧⲉ ⲡϩⲟϥ ⲗⲟⲩⲝ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲗⲟⲝⲟⲩ ⲛϭⲓⲛϩⲟϥ ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩϭⲱϣⲧ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛⲥⲉⲱⲛϩ And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to Moses, Make thee a serpent, and put it on a signal-staff; and it shall come to pass that whenever a serpent shall bite a man, every one so bitten that looks upon it shall live. 04_Numbers_21 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.num.coptot:21)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C1612 (ⲗⲱⲕⲥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.cgi?tla=C1612 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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