ⲏⲉⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲏⲓ (ēi) — Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Old Coptic

Etymology

Modern Egyptian house

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (ꜥ.wy, “house”), from Egyptian

(ꜥt, “room”).

Noun

ⲏⲉⲓ • (ēei) m (plural ⲏⲉⲓ (ēei))

(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) house

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 66
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41

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