ⲗⲉⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Egyptian snake extruding its tongue (ⲗⲉⲥ)

• ⲗⲁⲥ (las) — Sahidic, Bohairic, Old Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (ls, “tongue”), from Egyptian ns (“tongue”) */lis/, from Proto-Afroasiatic *lis (“tongue”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

Noun

ⲗⲉⲥ • (les) m (plural ⲗⲉⲥ (les))

1. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic) tongue
2. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic) language

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 144
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN