ⲁⲗⲟⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

A child in Roman Egypt.

ⲁⲗⲗⲟⲩ (allou) – Bohairic
ⲁⲗⲱ (alō), ⲁⲣⲟⲩ (arou) – Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic ꜥlw (“child”), a borrowing from Semitic.

Noun

ⲁⲗⲟⲩ (alou) f (plural ⲁⲗⲟⲟⲩⲉ or ⲁⲗⲟⲩ)

(Sahidic, Akhmimic) pupil (eye)
(Sahidic, Akhmimic) youth, maiden

ⲁⲗⲟⲩ (alou) m (plural ⲁⲗⲱⲟⲩⲓ)

(Bohairic, Fayyumic) child

Derived terms

ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲁⲗⲟⲩ (kouji nalou)
ⲁⲗⲟⲩ ⲙⲃⲱⲕ (alou mbōk)
ⲁⲗⲟⲩ ⲙⲃⲱⲕⲓ (alou mbōki)

References

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

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