Scriptorium tag: V
 1. (En) make, keep festival
(Fr) fêter, célébrer la fête
(De) ein Fest feiern
Bibliography: CD 543b?; CED 234?; KoptHWb 300?; ChLCS 74b?
cf. ⲉⲓⲣⲉ machen, tun
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲛⲣϣⲁ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲑⲁⲃ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲁⲥ . ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲑⲁⲃ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲕⲁⲕⲓⲁ ϩⲓⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲓⲁ . ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϩⲛϩⲉⲛⲁⲧⲑⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲃⲃⲟ ϩⲓⲙⲉ . Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Corinthians 5 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.1cor.sahidica_ed:5)
  • ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲩⲉϣⲙϣⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲏ ⲛⲥⲉⲣϣⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ . so that they may serve me or celebrate for me.' Not Because a Fox Barks: XH 204-216 (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.fox.monbxh_204_216)
  • ⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲉⲣⲉⲡⲇⲩⲙⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲣϣⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁϣⲉ ⲡⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲧⲣⲉⲩϫⲣⲟ ⲉⲙⲡⲣⲥⲟⲥ · And it came to pass in those days that all the people were celebrating a festival, and they were rejoicing greatly because they had conquered the Persians, History of Eustathius and Theopiste part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.eustathius.budge:1-30)

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