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Scriptorium tag: N
| 1. | (En) | a poor, wretched person |
| (Fr) | personne pauvre, malheureuse, misérable, indigente | |
| (De) | arme, elende Person | |
| xr. ϫⲱⲃ Elender (B) xr. ϫⲱⲃ Armer ref: πένης, πτωχός, ταλαίπωρος, τάλας, δείλαιος, ἐλεεινός Bibliography: CD 53a?; CED 32?; ChLCS 10b? | ||
cf. ⲃⲱⲱⲛ schlecht, böse
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
- ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲥⲉⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲥⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥⲉ ⲛϭⲓⲧⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ But when the wretched woman came to give birth, Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 101: Macarius 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.101.monbeg)ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉⲩϣⲁⲛϫⲟⲧⲕ ⲉⲥⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ · ⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲩⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ ⲉϥϩⲓⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲕ ⲧⲁⲣⲉⲕ ϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ϩⲱⲱⲕ · ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ϫⲉⲙⲡⲓⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲙⲡⲁⲟⲉⲓⲕ ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁⲧ · But when thou art invited to warm thyself call some poor and miserable man who is with thee in the desert, [send him in thy stead], and thou shalt cause thyself to be praised, saying, 'I could not eat my bread by myself.' Letter of pseudo-Ephrem MERC.AT 126-134 (urn:cts:copticLit:psephrem.letter.budge:1-9)ⲛⲏⲫⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲱ ⲡⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ ϫⲉⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲏⲩ ⲉϫⲱⲕ ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲟⲩⲡⲁϣ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲕⲛⲁⲣϩⲧⲏⲕ ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲱ ⲟⲩⲟⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉⲁⲛⲁϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲱϫⲛ ⲙⲡⲓⲉⲓⲙⲉ · Be wise (?), O wretched man, for that hour shall come upon thee like a snare, and thou wilt repent, and wilt say, 'O woe is me ! for my days have come to an end without my knowing it. The Asceticon of Apa Ephrem part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:psephrem.asceticon.budge:24-55)
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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C628 (ⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.cgi?tla=C628 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).Found a bug or a problem? Please report it at: https://github.com/KELLIA/dictionary/issues