Scriptorium tag: N
 1. (En) sleep
(Fr) sommeil
(De) Schlaf
Bibliography: CD 224b?; KoptHWb 122?; DELC 142?; ChLCS 32a?
 2. (En) sexual intercourse
(Fr) coït, cohabitation
(De) Beischlaf
Bibliography: KoptHWb 122?; DELC 142?; ChLCS 32a?
 3. (En) death
(Fr) mort
(De) Tod
Bibliography: CD 224b?; KoptHWb 122?; DELC 142?; ChLCS 32a?
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
  • ⲧⲕⲟⲓⲛⲟⲛⲓⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲙⲁ ⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ ⲉⲡⲁⲡⲉⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ · ⲛϯⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲛ ⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ · and as for the carnal intercourse of this world which taketh place on a bed I have no knowledge of it whatsoever. Encomium on Demetrius Archbishop of Alexandria part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:psflavianus.encomium.budge:1-23)
  • ϯⲛⲁⲥⲟⲧⲡⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲙⲟⲩ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲓⲛϭⲟⲛⲥ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲉ ⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ ⲉϥⲥⲟⲟϥ · and I choose to die by a violent death rather than accept a polluted couch. On Susanna (urn:cts:copticLit:pschrysostom.susanna.budge:1-63)
  • ⲙⲡⲣⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ ⲙⲡϩⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ ϩⲱⲱϥ ⲛⲅⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ ϩⲛϩⲉⲛⲙⲁ ⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ ⲉⲩϫⲟⲥⲉ · Do not sleep on the ground to-day, and tomorrow sleep in some bed which is high above the ground. The Asceticon of Apa Ephrem part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:psephrem.asceticon.budge:1-23)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C2459 (ⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.cgi?tla=C2459 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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