ϩⲓⲏ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϩⲓⲁ (hia) – Fayyumic
Etymology
Unknown. Černý rejects the proposed derivation from Egyptian ḥrt.
Noun
ϩⲓⲏ • (hiē) f (plural (S) ϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ (hiooue) or (L) ϩⲓⲁⲟⲩⲉ (hiaoue) or (F) ϩⲓⲁⲩⲓ (hiaui))
- (Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan) road, path
- Synonyms: ⳉⲟ (xo) (Akhmimic), ⲙⲱⲓⲧ (mōit) (Bohairic, and less commonly in other dialects)
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 646
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 272