ⲁϥ
Coptic
Etymology 1
Egyptian sacrificial procession
From Demotic jwf (“flesh”), from Egyptian jwf.
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Noun
ⲁϥ (af) m
- (Sahidic, Bohairic) meat, flesh
Derived terms
- ⲥⲁⲛⲁϥ (sanaf)
Etymology 2
Egyptian jerboal and spectacle fly
From Demotic ꜥf (“fly”), from Egyptian ꜥfj (“fly, bee”), from earlier ꜥff (“fly”), from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ðuṗṗ. Ultimately cognate with Hebrew זבוב, Akkadian 𒉏 (zumbu, zubbu, dubbum).
Noun
ⲁϥ (af) m or f (plural ⲁϥ)
- (Sahidic, Bohairic) fly
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN