ⲁⲓⲁⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic ꜥꜣ (“to be(come) big, great”), from Egyptian (ꜥꜣj, “to be(come) big, great”).

Pronunciation

• (Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ɑˈjɑj/

Verb

ⲁⲓⲁⲓ • (aiai) (qualitative ⲟⲓ) (intransitive)

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) to increase in size
2. (Bohairic, Sahidic) to advance in age

Alternative forms

• ⲁⲓⲉⲩⲉ (aieue), ⲁⲉⲓⲉⲩⲧⲉ (aeieute) — Akhmimic
• ⲁⲓⲉⲓ (aiei) — Fayyumic

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 2
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 23
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, pages 5–6