Scriptorium tag: V
| 1. | (En) | be narrow |
| (Fr) | être étroit | |
| (De) | eng, knapp, schmal, beschränkt sein | |
| Bibliography: CD 835a?; CED 338?; KoptHWb 470?; DELC 348b?-349a; ChLCS 110a? | ||
| 2. | (En) | make narrow, narrow |
| (Fr) | resserrer | |
| (De) | verengen, beengen, beschränken | |
| Bibliography: CD 835a?; KoptHWb 470?; DELC 348b?-349a; ChLCS 110a? | ||
Descended from Demotic gwꜣ, Hieroglyphic Egyptian gꜣu̯ to be narrow; to be constricted; to lack; to deprive; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
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Sahidic:
- ϫⲉⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁ ⲛϫⲁⲓⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲧⲧⲁⲕⲏⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩϩⲉ ⲥⲉⲛⲁϭⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲏϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲱⲙⲕ ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲁⲟⲩⲉ ⲙⲙⲙⲟⲥⲉⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲥ For thy desert and marred and ruined places shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that devoured thee shall be removed far from thee. 23_Isaiah_49 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.isa.coptot:49)ⲥϭⲏⲩ ⲛϭⲓⲧⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥϩⲉϫϩⲱϫ · ⲛⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲧⲛⲏⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲥ · narrow is the gate and difficult, and it is (only) the righteous who enter in through it. On Penitence and Abstinence, part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:johnconst.penitence.budge:120-241)ϫⲉⲥϭⲏⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛϭⲓⲧⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥϩⲉϫϩⲱϫ ⲛϭⲓⲧⲉϩⲓⲏ ⲉⲧϫⲓⲙⲟⲉⲓⲧ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲱⲛϩ . ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲉⲛⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲉⲧⲛⲁϩⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ . How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it. 40_Matthew_7 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.matt.sahidica:7)
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See also:ϭⲱⲟⲩ (ϩⲛ-) – be crowdedϭⲱⲟⲩ – narrownessPlease cite as: TLA lemma no. C7956 (ϭⲱⲟⲩ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C7956 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).Found a bug or a problem? Please report it at: https://github.com/KELLIA/dictionary/issues