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? | ||
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
- 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)ⲟⲩⲕ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲁⲣⲛϭⲉⲡⲏ ⲉⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲓⲧⲛⲧⲡⲩⲗⲏ ⲉⲧϭⲏⲩ · ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲣⲧⲣⲉⲛⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲧⲟⲩⲟϣⲥ · ⲉⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲩⲧⲛⲧⲱⲛ ⲉϩⲉⲛⲣⲁⲥⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥⲉϭⲏⲡ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲧⲁⲕⲟ · Ought we not, therefore, to make haste to enter in through the narrow gate, and not to walk about in the broad way? Now we know that all the works of the world are like unto dreams, and that they all pass away into destruction. 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.cgi?tla=C7956 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).Found a bug or a problem? Please report it at: https://github.com/KELLIA/dictionary/issues