ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ
Coptic
Alternative forms
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The Nile river
- ⲓⲁⲣⲟ (iaro) – Bohairic
- ⲓⲉⲣⲟ (iero) – Sahidic, Akhmimic
- ⲓⲉⲣⲁ (iera) – Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic yꜥr ꜥꜣ (“river, Nile”), from Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ (“Nile”, literally “great river”), from jtrw (“river”) + ꜥꜣ (“great”). Synchronically as if ⲓⲟⲣ (ior, “canal”) + ⲟ (o, “great”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jəˈɾoʔ/
Noun
ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ • (eiero) m (plural ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ (eierōou))
- (Sahidic) river
Proper noun
ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ • (peiero) m
- (Sahidic) the Nile river
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 82
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN