Scriptorium tag: V
 1. (En) lay waste, destroy; be desert, laid waste, destroyed
(Fr) détruire, déserter; être détruit, désert
(De) zerstören, verwüsten; öde, wüst, zerstört sein
Bibliography: CD 609b-610a?; CED 261?; KoptHWb 339?-340; DELC 276b?; ChLCS 83b?-84a
Descended from Demotic ḫf, Hieroglyphic Egyptian fḫ to loosen; to leave; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
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Sahidic:
  • ⲁⲩϣⲱϥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛϭⲓⲧⲉϥⲧⲟ ⲛⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ · For the four churches of Scetis were destroyed because of young boys. Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 058 (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.58.monbeg)
  • ϣⲁⲣⲉⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩϣⲥ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲥⲱϣ ϣⲉϥⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲣⲙⲙⲁⲟ ⲧⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲧϩⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲏⲓ ⲛⲛϫⲁⲥⲓϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲁϣⲱϥ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ {ⲁⲩⲱ …} To terrify and do wrong will waste riches: thus the house of proud men shall be made desolate. 71_Sirach_21 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.sir.coptot:21)
  • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲙⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ ϫⲱⲱⲣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ · ⲁⲩⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲉⲥϣⲏϥ · ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲟⲉⲓ ⲉⲙⲛⲣⲉϥⲣϩⲙⲙⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ⲉⲁϥⲱⲙⲥ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲙⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ · And the members thereof are dissipated in the (funerary) mountain, and they perish like the city which hath been laid waste, and like the ship which hath no steersman in it, and hath become submerged in the waters. On the Soul and Body (urn:cts:copticLit:psathanasius.soul_body.budge:1-91)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C6189 (ϣⲱϥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C6189 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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