Scriptorium tag: V
 1. (En) remain
(Fr) rester, demeurer
(De) bleiben, verweilen
Bibliography: CD 803a-804b?; KoptHWb 445?; DELC 335ab?; CHLCS 106a
 2. (En) continue, persist (in doing)
(Fr) continuer, persister (à faire)
(De) fortfahren, andauern (zu tun)
Bibliography: CD 803a-804b?; KoptHWb 445?; DELC 335ab?; ChLCS 106a?
 3. (En) desist, stop, cease
(Fr) cesser, arrêter
(De) bleiben lassen, ablassen, aufhören
Bibliography: CD 803b-804b?; CED 325?; KoptHWb 445?; DELC 335ab?; ChLCS 106a?
 4. (En) remain silent, keep quiet
(Fr) se taire
(De) schweigen
Bibliography: CD 803b-804b?; KoptHWb 445?; DELC 335ab?; ChLCS 106a?
Descended from Demotic gr, Hieroglyphic Egyptian gr to be silent; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ϩⲁⲙⲟⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲉ ϣⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛϭⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲓϩⲉ ⲡⲉ , Oh would that you all would stop in this way Not Because a Fox Barks: XH 204-216 (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.fox.monbxh_204_216)
  • ⲙⲡⲣϭⲱ ⲛⲟⲩⲉϣ ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲟⲟⲩ Don't continue to want to tell them To Aphthonia (urn:cts:copticLit:besa.aphthonia.monbba)
  • ϫⲉⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲡⲉⲕⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ϭⲱ ϩⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ . 'It is not a great thing to make your thoughts remain on God. Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 120: Sisoes 13 (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.120.monbeg)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C7555 (ϭⲱ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C7555 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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