ⲓⲟⲙ

Coptic

Etymology

The sea of Faiyum

From Demotic ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian

(ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic.

Noun

ⲓⲟⲙ • (iom) m (plural ⲁⲙⲁⲓⲟⲩ (amaiou))

(Bohairic) sea

Derived terms

ⲫⲓⲟⲙ (phiom)
ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛϣⲁⲣⲓ (phiom nšari)

Descendants

With definite article prefixed:

→ Arabic: الفَيُّوم‎ (al-fayyūm)
- → English: Fayum
- → English: Fayyumic

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 46

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