ⲉⲃⲓⲱ

Coptic

Etymology

Egyptians gathering honey

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠ (jby, “honey”), from Egyptian (bjt, “honey, bee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔəβˈjoːʔ/

Noun

ⲉⲃⲓⲱ • (ebiō) m (nominal form ⲉⲃⲓⲉ- (ebie-))

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) honey

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 32
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 52