ϭⲁⲗⲁⲩϫ

Coptic

Etymology

Uncertain. Vycichl considers it most likely an agent noun formed from ϭⲱⲗϫ (cōlč, “to bend”), even though this word is not attested in the dialects where a form of ϭⲁⲗⲁⲩϫ (calauč) is attested.

Noun

ϭⲁⲗⲁⲩϫ • (calauč) m

(Bohairic) foot
(Bohairic) leg

References

Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 340
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 814

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