Scriptorium tag: V
 1. (En) choose
(Fr) choisir,élire
(De) auswählen
Bibliography: CD 365a?; CED 166?; KoptHWb 201, 541?; DELC 199?; ChLCS 51b?
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
  • ϫⲉⲙⲁⲣⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲡ ⲛⲁϥ ⲙⲡⲕⲁⲣⲱϥ ⲻ 'Let him choose to be silent.' Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 137: P263 (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.137.monbeg)
  • ⲥⲱⲧⲡ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲙⲣⲁϣ ⲙⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ . But also choose for yourself the gentleness of Moses, Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 123: Syncletica 11 (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.123.monbeg)
  • ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲥⲟⲧⲡ · 'Not you', he said, 'have chosen me'. Abraham Our Father XL 93-94 (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.abraham.monbxl:23-24)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C3828 (ⲥⲱⲧⲡ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.cgi?tla=C3828 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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