ⲥⲫⲟⲧⲟⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲡⲟⲧⲟⲩ (spotou) — Sahidic
• ⲥⲡⲁⲧⲟⲩ (spatou) — Akhmimic, Fayyumic

Etymology

From Egyptian (spt, “lips, edge, shore”).

Noun

ⲥⲫⲟⲧⲟⲩ • (sphotou) m

1. (Bohairic) lips (dual), edge, shore

Related terms

• ⲥⲱⲡⲓ (sōpi, “edge, fringe”)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 353a