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Sahidic

Sahidic proper noun: a Coptic dialect that was spoken in southern Egypt.

Proper noun

Sahidic

  1. A Coptic dialect that was spoken in southern Egypt.
    Synonyms:
    Thebaic

Synonyms of Sahidic

Forms of Sahidic

alternative formSaidic

Origin of Sahidic

Calque of Arabic صَعِيدِي (ṣaʕīdī, “Upper Egyptian, Thebaic”), used to name the dialect in an 11th-century Coptic grammar by Athanasius of Qus.

Questions about Sahidic

What does Sahidic mean?
Sahidic means a Coptic dialect that was spoken in southern Egypt.
What part of speech is Sahidic?
Sahidic is a proper noun.

Words near Sahidic in the dictionary

  1. sahibdom
  2. Sahibganj
  3. sahibji
  4. sahibs
  5. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
  6. Sahidic
  7. sahih
  8. Sahih Muslim
  9. Sahin
  10. Sahins
  11. Sahitan

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