ⲁϥ

Coptic

Etymology 1

Egyptian sacrificial procession

From Demotic jwf (“flesh”), from Egyptian jwf.

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Noun

ⲁϥ (af) m

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) meat, flesh

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Egyptian jerboal and spectacle fly

From Demotic ꜥf (“fly”), from Egyptian ꜥfj (“fly, bee”), from earlier ꜥff (“fly”), from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ðuṗṗ. Ultimately cognate with Hebrew זבוב‎, Akkadian [script needed] (dubbum).

Noun

ⲁϥ (af) m, f (plural ⲁϥ)

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) fly

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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