ⲉⲃⲣⲏϭⲉ

Coptic

Etymology

Borrowing from Proto-Semitic *bariq-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *bariq-. Cognate to Hebrew ברק‎, Aramaic ברקא‎ and Arabic برق‎.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əβˈreːcə/

Noun

ⲉⲃⲣⲏϭⲉ (ebrēce) f

  1. (Sahidic) lightning

See also

  • ⲃⲱⲣϭ (bōrc, “break asunder”)

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 33
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 53
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