Scriptorium tag: V
 1. (En) begin
(Fr) commencer
(De) anfangen, beginnen
Bibliography: CD 542b?; CED 234?; KoptHWb 299?; ChLCS 74b?
Descended from Demotic šꜥ, Hieroglyphic Egyptian šꜣꜥ to begin (something), to start (something); see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲡⲣⲏ ϣⲁ ⲁⲩϩⲱϭⲃ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲧⲃⲉϫⲉⲙⲡⲟⲩϫⲉⲛⲟⲩⲛⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲩϣⲟⲟⲩⲉ When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. Mark Chapter 4 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.mark.sahidica_ed:4)
  • ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲗⲁⲁⲩ ϭⲱ ⲉϥⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲛϥϣⲁ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲣⲏ · No man remaineth asleep when once the night hath passed away, and the Sun hath risen. On Penitence and Abstinence, part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:johnconst.penitence.budge:1-119)
  • ⲉϣϫⲉⲡⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲃⲁⲗ ⲉϥⲧⲱⲛ ⲡⲙⲁⲁϫⲉ . ⲉϣϫⲉⲡⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲙⲁⲁϫⲉ ⲉϥⲧⲱⲛ ϣⲁ . If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be? 1 Corinthians 12 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.1cor.sahidica_ed:12)

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Bohairic:
  • ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉⲉⲣⲥⲁⲗⲡⲓⲍⲓⲛ ϧⲉⲛⲟⲩⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲩⲉⲟⲩⲱⲧⲉⲃ ⲛϫⲉⲛⲓⲡⲁⲣⲉⲙⲃⲟⲗⲏ ⲉⲧϩⲓⲕⲟⲧ ⲉⲛⲓⲙⲁⲛϣⲁⲓ And ye shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move. 04_Numeri_10 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.num.bohairic_ed:10)
  • ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛϩⲁⲛⲁⲧⲟⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲙⲫⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲛⲛⲓⲥⲁⲃⲃⲁⲧⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲓ ⲉⲡⲓⲙϩⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲁⲫⲣⲏ ϣⲁⲓ . Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. Bohairic Gospel of Mark 16 (Digital Edition) (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.mark.bohairic_ed:16)
  • ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲁⲓ ⲛϫⲉⲫⲣⲏ ⲁϥⲉⲣⲕⲁⲩⲙⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲑⲃⲉϫⲉⲙⲙⲟⲛⲧⲉϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲓ ⲁϥϣⲱⲟⲩⲓ When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. Bohairic Gospel of Mark 4 (Digital Edition) (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.mark.bohairic_ed:4)

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See also:
Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C5676 (ϣⲁ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C5676 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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