ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲫⲓⲟⲙ (phiom) — Sahidic

Etymology

The sea of Faiyum

From Demotic ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian (ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic.

Proper noun

ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ • (peiom) m

1. (Sahidic) Faiyum