ⲁⲁϥ
Coptic
Etymology 1
![](Images/wiktionary/Fleischextrakt_0002781_m.jpg.webp)
Egyptian sacrificial procession
From Demotic jwf (“flesh”), from Egyptian jwf.
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Noun
ⲁⲁϥ • (aaf) m
- (Sahidic, Fayyumic) meat, flesh
Derived terms
- ⲥⲁⲛⲁⲁϥ (sanaaf)
Etymology 2
![](Images/wiktionary/The_spectacle_fly_and_the_Egyptian_jerboal_Wellcome_V0048104.jpg.webp)
Egyptian jerboal and spectacle fly
From Demotic ꜥf (“fly”), from Egyptian ꜥfj (“fly, bee”), from earlier ꜥff (“fly”).
Noun
ⲁⲁϥ • (aaf) m or f (plural ⲁⲁϥ (aaf))
- (Sahidic, Fayyumic) fly
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN