ⲧⲁϩⲧϩ

Coptic

Etymology 1

Either a reduplication of ⲧⲱϩ (tōh) or directly from Egyptian



(tḫtḫ, to confuse; disorder, confusion), via Demotic tẖtẖ (to confuse).

Alternative forms

Verb

ⲧⲁϩⲧϩ • (tahth) (pronominal ⲧⲉϩⲧⲱϩ⸗, stative ⲧⲉϩⲧⲱϩ)

  1. (Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic, intransitive) to be mixed, be disturbed, be clouded
  2. (Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic, transitive) to mix, stir
Conjugation

Noun

ⲧⲁϩⲧϩ • (tahthm

  1. (Sahidic) mixture, disturbance
Alternative forms
  • ⲧⲟϩⲧⲉϩ (tohteh)Sahidic

Etymology 2

From Demotic thth (lead), Egyptian


(ḏḥtj, lead)

Alternative forms

Noun

ⲧⲁϩⲧϩ • (tahthm

  1. (Sahidic) lead (metal)

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 462
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN page 206
  • TLA lemma no. C4828 (ⲧⲁϩⲧϩ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2], [3], [4]