Scriptorium tag: N
 1. (En) knife, sword
(Fr) couteau, épée, poignard
(De) Messer, Schwert, Dolch
Bibliography: CD 829b?; CED 336?; KoptHWb 466?; DELC 346b?-347a; ChLCS 109b?
Descended from Demotic grṱ(j), Hieroglyphic Egyptian qrḏn ax; pick ax (Sem. loan word); see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲁϥϫⲓ ⲛⲧϭⲟⲣⲧⲉ ⲉⲛⲉϥϭⲓϫ · He took the slaughtering knife in his hand, On Susanna (urn:cts:copticLit:pschrysostom.susanna.budge:1-63)
  • ⲁⲩⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲓⲉ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲁⲓϫⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϭⲟⲣⲧⲉ ϩⲛⲧⲁϭⲓϫ · but the thought came into my heart, and I took a butcher's knife in my hand, Encomium on Demetrius Archbishop of Alexandria part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:psflavianus.encomium.budge:24-42)
  • ϭⲱϣⲧ ⲉⲓⲥⲁⲁⲕ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ϫⲉⲙⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲧⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲛⲥⲁⲡⲉϥⲉⲓⲱⲧ · ⲉϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧϭⲟⲣⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲡⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉϫⲱϥ · Consider Isaac, the son of Abraham, who shewed no disobedience to his father when he saw the knife of slaughter which was to kill him coming down upon him. Martyrdom of Victor part 3 (urn:cts:copticLit:martyrdoms.victor.budge:13-22)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C7877 (ϭⲟⲣⲧⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C7877 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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