ϩⲁϫⲓ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϩⲁϭⲉ (hace), ϩⲁⲁϭⲉ (haace) – Sahidic
Etymology
A compound, ultimately from Egyptian ḥꜢq (“to capture”). Perhaps an early borrowing from Proto-Semitic *lqḥ (“to take”) through metathesis, compare Hebrew לקח (lakákh).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈha.cʰə/
Noun
ϩⲁϫⲓ (haji) m (plural ϩⲁϫⲓ)
- (Bohairic) snare
References
- Carsten Peust (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, page 108
Further reading
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 744