Scriptorium tag: N
 1. (En) barren female
(Fr) femme stérile
(De) unfruchtbare Frau
ref: στεῖρα Bibliography: CD 26b-27a?; CED 19?; KoptHWb 19, 492?; DELC 18?; ChLCS 6b?
semitisches Lehnwort
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲡⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲉⲟⲩⲛⲛⲧⲁϥ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲁϭⲣⲏⲛ · this man had a wife who was barren, Encomium on Victor part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:pscelestinus.encomium.budge:1-31)
  • ⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲉⲩⲁϭⲣⲏⲛ ⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲡⲉⲥϫⲡⲉϣⲏⲣⲉ And Sara was barren, and did not bear children. Genesis 11 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.gen.coptot:11)
  • ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛϩⲟⲓⲛⲉ ϩⲁⲧⲛⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲥⲟⲧⲡⲥ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲁϭⲣⲏⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲉⲁⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ϩⲛⲟⲩϯⲧⲱⲛ · ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲁⲧⲥⲃⲱ · ⲛϩⲉⲛϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ when female monks in your community choose to be barren women through God yet still argumentatively and ignorantly insist on renouncing certain labors Abraham Our Father: YA 525-30 (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.abraham.monbya:10-18)

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Bohairic:
  • ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛϫⲉⲡϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ ϫⲉⲥⲉⲙⲟⲥϯ ⲛⲗⲓⲁ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲥⲧⲟϯ ⲣⲁⲭⲏⲗ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲑⲟⲥ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲁϭⲣⲏⲛ ⲧⲉ And when the Lord God saw that Lea was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. 01_Genesis_29 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.gen.bohairic_ed:29)
  • ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲓϯ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟⲥⲇⲟⲕⲓⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲡⲉⲉⲣⲡⲁⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲡϭⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲙⲏ ⲓⲥ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲓⲑⲁⲙⲓⲟ ⲛⲑⲏⲉⲑⲙⲓⲥⲓ ⲛⲉⲙϯⲁϭⲣⲏⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛϫⲉⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ . But I have raised this expectation, yet thou hast not remembered me, saith the Lord: behold, have not I made the bearing and barren woman? saith thy God. 23_Isaias_66 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.isa.bohairic_ed:66)
  • ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩⲁⲧϭⲣⲏⲛ ⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲥϫⲫⲉ ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ And Sara was barren, and did not bear children. 01_Genesis_11 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.gen.bohairic_ed:11)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C313 (ⲁϭⲣⲏⲛ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C313 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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