Scriptorium tag: V
 1. (En) be like gall, bitter
(Fr) devenir, être amer
(De) bitter, gallebitter sein
Bibliography: CD 376b?; CED 170?; KoptHWb 205?; DELC 203?; ChLCS 52b?
Descended from Demotic sh̭j, Hieroglyphic Egyptian NA to be bitter; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲥ ⲛⲁⲩ ϫⲉⲙⲡⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ϫⲉⲛⲟⲉⲙⲓⲛ ⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ϫⲉⲧⲉⲧⲥⲁϣⲉ ⲏ ⲧⲉⲛⲧⲁⲥⲥⲓϣⲉ ϫⲉⲁⲡϩⲓⲕⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲇⲩⲛⲁⲧⲟⲥ ⲁϥϯⲥⲓϣⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ And she said to them, Nay, do not call me Noemin; call me 'Bitter,' for the Mighty One has dealt very bitterly with me. Ruth Chapter 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.ruth.coptot_ed:1)
  • ⲉⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲡⲡⲉⲧⲥⲁϣⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ϫⲉϥϩⲟⲗϭ · ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲧϩⲟⲗϭ ϫⲉϥⲥⲁϣⲉ · and as you have also thought what’s bitter to be sweet, and what’s sweet to be bitter. To Thieving Nuns (urn:cts:copticLit:besa.thieving.monbba)
  • ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲁⲁⲧ ⲛϣⲙⲙⲟ ⲉⲧⲙⲁⲛⲓⲁ ⲉⲧϩⲟⲟⲩ · ⲧⲁⲓ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩⲛⲧⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲉⲁϥⲧⲣⲁⲟⲩⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲥⲁϣⲉ · Thou it was Who didst make me to become a stranger to the madness of evil which ariseth in the flesh, and didst make me to be remote from the death which is bitter. Dormition of John MERC.AD in Budge ed. (urn:cts:copticLit:misc.dormition_john.budge)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C3899 (ⲥⲓϣⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C3899 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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