ⲉϫⲱⲣϩ

ⲉϫⲱⲣϩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Ancient Egyptian temple at night, Luxor, Egypt

• ϭⲱⲣϩ (cōrh) – Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic
• ϭⲱⲣⲁϩ (cōrah) – Sahidic
• ϫⲱⲣϩ (čōrh) – Bohairic, Old Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic grḥ, from Egyptian grḥ (“night”),

Pronunciation

• (Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /əˈt͡ʃʼoːɾh/
• (Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /aˈɟuɾh/
• (Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /eˈɡor(h)/

Noun

ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲣϩ • (èčōrh) m

1. (Bohairic) night

References

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