Sahidic

Egypt, called the Sahidic, or Theban, which is a work of the third century, perhaps even of the second.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

S: 8, and the versions of Upper and Lower Egypt, the Thebaic, known as the Sahidic, and the Memphitic, or Coptic, both ascribed to the 3rd century.

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

Upper Egypt, (a distinct version and of considerably earlier date, less properly called the "Sahidic,") survive in MSS. of very nearly the same antiquity: and one of these fragments happily contains the last verse of the Gospel according to S. Mark.

The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871

A quick gander in Crum's Coptic Dictionary shows the same word in Sahidic as sēbe 'reed of a flute' which points me to an Egyptian form *sūbat, curiously similar to the Etruscan.

Archive 2010-07-01 2010

A quick gander in Crum's Coptic Dictionary shows the same word in Sahidic as sēbe 'reed of a flute' which points me to an Egyptian form *sūbat, curiously similar to the Etruscan.

A Mediterranean flute wanderword 2010

The source of the symbolism was pure word-play since in Egyptian, the word for 'to become' was *ḫāpar Sahidic ϣⲱⲡⲉ while the symbol for 'beetle' contained the same consonantal skeleton, ḫpr, but presumably with different vowels.

The scarab rises in Etruria 2010

The source of the symbolism was pure word-play since in Egyptian, the word for 'to become' was *ḫāpar Sahidic ϣⲱⲡⲉ while the symbol for 'beetle' contained the same consonantal skeleton, ḫpr, but presumably with different vowels.

Archive 2010-08-01 2010

Perhaps along the lines of: *mujə-fədá *mujə-ftá *mujáftə Sahidic mNtafte.

Archive 2008-12-01 2008

Perhaps along the lines of: *mujə-fədá *mujə-ftá *mujáftə Sahidic mNtafte.

Loprieno on Middle Egyptian Vocalism 2008

The later forms of this word in Coptic dialects show no trace of the supposed 'f' Sahidic eiwt; see A Coptic Dictionary by Walter Crum, p.86.

Archive 2007-05-01 2007