ⲓⲟⲙ
Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian
(ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic.
Noun
ⲓⲟⲙ • (iom) m (plural ⲁⲙⲁⲓⲟⲩ (amaiou))
- (Bohairic) sea
Derived terms
- ⲫⲓⲟⲙ (phiom)
- ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛϣⲁⲣⲓ (phiom nšari)
Descendants
With definite article prefixed:
- → Arabic: الفَيُّوم (al-fayyūm)
- → English: Fayum
- → English: Fayyumic
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 46