Scriptorium tag: N
 1. (En) bad, evil
(Fr) mauvais, méchant, néfaste
(De) schlecht, böse
Bibliography: CD 39ab?; CED 23?-24; KoptHWb 24, 494?; DELC 28?; ChLCS 8b?
Descended from Demotic bjn, Hieroglyphic Egyptian bjn bad; evil; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
cf. C1831 be wrath (B) ant. C2637 good
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Sahidic:
  • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥϫⲉⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲁϥ · ⲁϥⲗⲟ ⲉϥϣⲟⲩⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩ ⲃⲱⲱⲛ · ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲉϥϭⲗⲟϭ ϩⲱⲣⲡ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲟⲩ · ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥⲗⲟ ⲉϥϣⲁⲁϥⲉ And when he had said these things unto him the man ceased to feel pain, and he ejected a mass of pus which was so abundant that it overflowed and soaked all his bed; and he ceased to swell up, Encomium on Victor part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:pscelestinus.encomium.budge:1-31)
  • ϫⲉⲛⲛⲉⲩⲣⲱⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲕⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙⲡⲁⲥⲱⲙⲁ · ⲉⲩⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲥⲣⲃⲛⲛⲉ ⲉⲁⲩⲡⲟⲣⲕⲟⲩ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲥⲁϣ · ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲉϥⲙⲟⲩ ⲃⲱⲱⲛ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ · ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲟⲩⲙⲟⲧⲛⲉⲥ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲧⲏⲣϥ · The tendons, nerves, and sinews which thou hast dragged out from my body are like unto the pointed instruments where- with (the physicians) probe a wound in order to liberate the fetid pus which is in it, and to give relief to the whole body. Martyrdom of Victor part 7 (urn:cts:copticLit:martyrdoms.victor.budge:67-85)
  • ϣⲁⲣⲉⲡϣⲣ ⲃⲱⲱⲛ ⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ϩⲱⲥ ⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲧⲉϥϩⲓⲏ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲡϥⲧⲃⲃⲟⲥ A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way. 20_Proverbs_30 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.prov.coptot:30)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C470 (ⲃⲱⲱⲛ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C470 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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