Scriptorium tag: N
 1. (En) border, limit
(Fr) frontière, limite
(De) Grenze, Limit
Bibliography: CD 451b-452a?; CED 201?; KoptHWb 255?; DELC 224b?-225a; ChLCS 63b?
 2. (En) nome
(Fr) nome
(De) Gau
Bibliography: CD 452a?; CED 201?; KoptHWb 255?; DELC 224b?-225a; ChLCS 63b?
 3. (En) province, district, suburb
(Fr) province, district, banlieue
(De) Provinz, Bezirk, Vorstadt
Bibliography: CD 452a?; KoptHWb 255?; DELC 224b?-225a; ChLCS 63b?
 4. (En) bishopric
(Fr) évêché, diocèse
(De) Bistum
Bibliography: CD 452a?; DELC 224b?-225a; ChLCS 63b?
Descended from Demotic tš(e), Hieroglyphic Egyptian tꜣš boundary; border; region; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲁⲡⲁϩⲱⲣ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲛⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲁⲧⲣⲉ ⲛⲉϩⲛⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲉ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲧⲟϣ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ · Apa Or and Apa Hatre were from the same region. Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 115: Pistus 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.115.monbeg)
  • ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲧⲥⲁⲛⲟ ϩⲛⲛⲧⲟϣ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ · so that they might live orderly according to God's ordinances? Abraham Our Father YA 551-54 (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.abraham.monbya:42-47)
  • ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲓ ϣⲁⲣⲟϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙⲡⲧⲟϣ ⲛⲕⲃⲧ · ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ ⲉⲁϥⲉⲓ ⲉⲧⲑⲩⲗⲓⲕⲓⲁ ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥϩⲟⲧⲣϥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲅⲁⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲥⲩⲙⲛⲟⲛ · Now it came to pass on a day that a certain man came unto him from the district of Kebt (Coptos), and there was travelling with him his son, who had reached a time of life when he might, very properly, have been permitted to undergo the yoke of matrimony. Life of Pisentius part 3 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.pisentius.budge:58-84)

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Bohairic:
  • ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲉⲣϩⲏⲧⲥ ⲛϯϩⲟ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϫⲉⲛⲧⲉϥϣⲉ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩⲑⲟϣ They began to beg him to depart from their region. Bohairic Gospel of Mark 5 (Digital Edition) (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.mark.bohairic_ed:5)
  • ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛⲛⲓⲑⲟϣ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥⲥⲓⲛⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛⲧⲥⲓⲇⲱⲛ ⲉⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛⲧⲉϯⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲉⲁ ⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲑⲟϣ ⲛⲧⲉϯⲙⲏϯ ⲙⲃⲁⲕⲓ Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis. Bohairic Gospel of Mark 7 (Digital Edition) (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.mark.bohairic_ed:7)
  • ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲱⲛϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲁϥⲓ ⲉⲛⲓⲑⲟϣ ⲛⲧⲉϯⲓⲟⲩⲇⲉⲁ ⲛⲉⲙϩⲓⲙⲏⲣ ⲙⲡⲓⲓⲟⲣⲇⲁⲛⲏⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲓ ⲟⲛ ϩⲁⲣⲟϥ ⲛϫⲉϩⲁⲛⲙⲏϣ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲉϥⲥⲩⲛⲏⲑⲓⲁ ⲧⲉ ⲛⲁϥϯⲥⲃⲱ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them. Bohairic Gospel of Mark 10 (Digital Edition) (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.mark.bohairic_ed:10)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C4720 (ⲧⲟϣ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C4720 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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