Scriptorium tag: V
 1. (En) be sweet, take delight
(Fr) être doux, s'adoucir
(De) süß sein, sich (er)freuen
Bibliography: CD 673a-b?; CED 281?; KoptHWb 369?; DELC 298b?; ChLCS 90b?
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
  • ⲉⲩϣⲁⲛϩⲕⲟ · ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ϣⲁϥⲧⲣⲉⲛⲃⲟⲧⲁⲛⲏ ⲉⲧϩⲛⲧⲥⲱϣⲉ · ϩⲗⲟϭ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲩⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ · ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲃⲓⲱ · ⲉϥϩⲟⲗϭ When they suffer hunger He will make the grass which is in the field to be sweet to their mouths, even as honey is sweet. Life of Onnophrius part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.onnophrius.budge:9-16)
  • ϫⲉⲥⲱ ⲛⲁⲕ ϩⲛⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ · ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲟⲗϭ . “Drink at the sea and the water is sweet.” Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 216: Besarion (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.216.monbeg)
  • ⲟⲩⲟⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲉⲧϩⲟⲗϭ ⲡⲁⲡⲉⲓϩⲟ ⲉⲧⲙⲉϩ ⲛⲣⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ · Woe be unto me, my son, my sweet one, thou face full of joy! The Life of John the Kalybites part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.john_kalybites.budge:1-45)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C6591 (ϩⲗⲟϭ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.cgi?tla=C6591 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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