ⲁ-

ⲁ-

See also: ⲁ and ⲁ⸗

Coptic

Etymology

From Egyptian ỉrỉ (“to make, to do”) or Egyptian ỉrj (“to make, to do”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ/ (Late Bohairic)

Prefix

ⲁ- • (a-) (pronominal state ⲁ⸗)

1. (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) verbal prefix of perfect, pluperfect and aorist tenses

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 2
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 23