Scriptorium tag: VIMP
 1. (En) do (it) not!, by no means!, nay!
(Fr) non!, ne fais pas!
(De) nein!, keineswegs!
Bibliography: CD 178b?; KoptHWb 97?; DELC 118?
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
  • ⲡⲉϫⲁⲡϩⲗⲗⲟ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉⲙⲡⲱⲣ · The monk said to him, 'Do not.' Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 133: N 303 (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.133.monbeg)
  • ⲙⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲁϭⲱ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛϭⲱϣⲧ ϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲟⲩⲣⲛⲟϭ ⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲁϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲙϫⲓⲕⲉϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲱⲣ ⲛⲁϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲣϭⲱ ϩⲓⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱⲗⲥ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ϫⲉⲧϭⲓϫ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲥⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ would ye wait for them till they should be grown? or would ye refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters; for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me. Ruth Chapter 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.ruth.coptot:1)
  • ⲙⲡⲱⲣ ϭⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲣⲁⲧⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲛⲥⲱϥ · Do not, then, do not, I say, be disobedient unto him. Martyrdom of Victor part 3 (urn:cts:copticLit:martyrdoms.victor.budge:13-22)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C1978 (ⲙⲡⲱⲣ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.cgi?tla=C1978 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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