ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

The Nile river

ⲓⲁⲣⲟ (iaro) – Bohairic
ⲓⲉⲣⲟ (iero) – Sahidic, Akhmimic
ⲓⲉⲣⲁ (iera) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic yr-ꜥꜣ (“river, Nile”), from Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ (“Nile”, literally “great river”), from jtrw (“river”) + ꜥꜣ (“great”). Synchronically as if ⲓⲟⲣ (ior, “canal”) +‎ ⲟ (o, “great”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jəˈɾoʔ/

Noun

ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ • (eiero) m (plural ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ (eierōou))

(Sahidic) river

Proper noun

ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ • (peiero) m

(Sahidic) the Nile river

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 82
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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