ⲓⲟⲙ

Coptic

Etymology

The sea of Faiyum
From Demotic ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian
iim&a mwN36
N23
(ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic; see Proto-Semitic *yamm-.

Noun

ⲓⲟⲙ (iom) m (plural ⲁⲙⲁⲓⲟⲩ)

  1. (Bohairic) sea

Descendants

With definite article prefixed:

  • → Arabic: الفيوم‎ (Al-Fayyūm)

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 46
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