ϩⲱⲗ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic ḥl (to fly), from Egyptian

(ḥrj, to be(come) far, to fly off).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːl/

Verb

ϩⲱⲗ (hōl)

  1. (intransitive, Sahidic, Akhmimic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) to fly
    • Revelation 12
      ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲩϯ ⲛⲧⲉⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲛⲧⲛϩ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲉⲓⲧⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ ⲉⲥⲉϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲏⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲥⲁⲛⲟⲩϣⲥ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲙⲛ ϩⲉⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲡⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲙⲡⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡϩⲟϥ.
      Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
    Ⲉⲧⲛⲛⲁϩⲱⲗ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ.
    Etnnahōl mmof nraste Rakote.
    We'll fly to Alexandria tomorrow.
  2. (intransitive, Bohairic, Fayyumic) to go

Conjugation

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 665
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 278
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