ⲕⲁϣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Egyptian Scribe's reeds

ⲕⲉϣ (keš) — Akhmimic, Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠ (gš, “rush”), from Egyptian

(gꜣš, “rush”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaʃ/

Noun

ⲕⲁϣ • (kaš) m

(Bohairic, Sahidic) reed, rush, particularly Saccharum aegypticum
(Bohairic, Sahidic) pencil

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 130
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 66

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