ⲏϫⲓ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲏϭⲉ (ēce) – Sahidic
Etymology
From Egyptian jꜣq.t, from Proto-Semitic *wrq (“green”) (probably North-Western). Compare Hebrew ירק (yéreq, “vegetables”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe.cʰə/
Noun
ⲏϫⲓ (ēji) m (plural ⲏϫⲓ)
- (Bohairic) leek
References
- Carsten Peust (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, page 108
Further reading
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 67