Scriptorium tag: N
Known entity types:    
 1. (En) weak person
(Fr) personne faible
(De) schwache Person
Bibliography: CD 805b?; CED 325?; KoptHWb 446?; ChLCS 106a?
Descended from Demotic gb(e), Hieroglyphic Egyptian NA to damage; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲣⲱϣⲉ ⲛⲉⲅⲕⲣⲁⲧⲉⲓⲁ ϣⲁⲩⲣⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϭⲱⲃ ⲉⲡⲉϩⲟⲩⲟ · For overmuch ascetic labour exhausteth a man greatly, and maketh him weak.' The Life of John the Kalybites part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.john_kalybites.budge:1-45)
  • ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛⲥⲟϭ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲧⲡⲟⲩ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ ⲉϥⲉϯϣⲓⲡⲉ ⲛⲛⲥⲁⲃⲉⲉⲩ . ⲁⲩⲱ ϭⲱⲃ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲧⲡⲟⲩ . ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ ⲉϥⲉϯϣⲓⲡⲉ ⲛⲛϫⲱⲱⲣⲉ . but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; 1 Corinthians 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.1cor.sahidica_ed:1)
  • ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲡⲙⲟⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ϥⲓ ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲡϫⲱⲱⲣⲉ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲁϥⲙⲟⲣϥ ϩⲛⲁⲙⲛⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲧⲉ · ϭⲱⲃ ϩⲱⲱϥ ⲁϥϥⲟⲗϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ · ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲧⲉ · For when death beareth away a man, the strong portion (of him), which is the soul, it fettereth in Amente, and the weak portion (of him), which is the flesh, it carrieth off (into the earth.) On the Soul and Body (urn:cts:copticLit:psathanasius.soul_body.budge:1-91)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C7571 (ϭⲱⲃ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C7571 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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