ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ
Coptic
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editEtymology
editFrom Demotic yr-ꜥꜣ (“river, Nile”), from Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ (“Nile”, literally “great river”), from jtrw (“river”) + ꜥꜣ (“great”). By surface analysis, ⲓⲟⲣ (ior, “canal”) + ⲟ (o, “great”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ • (eiero) m (plural ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ (eierōou))
Proper noun
editⲡⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ • (peiero) m
References
edit- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 82
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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