Scriptorium tag: N
Known entity types:  
 1. (En) eunuch
(Fr) eunuque
(De) Eunuch, Höfling
Bibliography: CD 371a?; CED 168?; KoptHWb 179?; DELC 185?-186; ChLCS 46b?
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
  • ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲇⲏ ⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲉⲣϣⲁⲛⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲁϥ ⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ ⲙⲙⲓⲛⲙⲙⲟϥ · ⲉϥⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁϫⲡⲟϥ ⲉϥⲟ ⲛⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ · Ye marvel at me, O my brethren, because I say that when a man hath made himself an eunuch he is more glorious than the man who was an eunuch when he was born. Encomium on Demetrius Archbishop of Alexandria part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:psflavianus.encomium.budge:1-23)
  • ϫⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲁϯ ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ ⲙⲛⲙⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ · 'The Lord will give eunuchs and virgins the kingdom of heaven.' Abraham Our Father: YA 525-30 (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.abraham.monbya:10-18)
  • ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲙⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ · who truly were 'eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of God,' Abraham Our Father: ZH fragments 1a-d (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.abraham.monbzh:18-22)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C3390 (ⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.cgi?tla=C3390 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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