Scriptorium tag: VSTAT
 1. (En) chosen, exquisite
(Fr) choisi, élu, exellent
(De) erlesen, auserwählt
Bibliography: CD 365a?; KoptHWb 201?; DELC 199?; ChLCS 51b?
 2. (En) choicer, better
(Fr) exellent, meilleur
(De) hervorragend, besser
Bibliography: CD 365b?
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
  • ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲥⲟⲧⲡ · 'Not you', he said, 'have chosen me'. Abraham Our Father XL 93-94 (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.abraham.monbxl:23-24)
  • ⲡⲉϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲩ ϫⲉⲛⲁⲉⲓⲟⲟⲧⲉ · ⲟⲩⲕ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧϩⲙⲡϫⲁⲓⲉ · ⲥⲉⲥⲟⲧⲡ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ · And I said unto them: My fathers, are not then those who are in the desert more excellent than we are? Life of Onnophrius part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.onnophrius.budge:1-9)
  • ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲕⲛⲁⲛⲇⲱⲣⲟⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩϫⲓⲛϭⲟⲛⲥ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧⲱⲣⲡ · ϥⲥⲟⲧⲡ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲙⲧⲣⲉⲕϫⲡⲟ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲧⲉⲓⲕⲧⲏⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲓⲙⲓⲛⲉ · ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲙⲧⲁⲗⲉⲇⲱⲣⲟⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲥ · Now supposing thou didst give a gift to God of a part of something which had been obtained by thee through injustice or plunder, thy gift would not be very acceptable to Him either because thou hadst obtained that something by injustice or plunder, or because thou wast giving a portion of it to Him as a gift. On Mercy and Judgment (urn:cts:copticLit:psathanasius.mercy_judgment.budge:1-41)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C3829 (ⲥⲟⲧⲡ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.cgi?tla=C3829 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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