ϩⲁϭⲉ

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Coptic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A compound, ultimately from Egyptian ḥꜢq (“to capture”). Perhaps an early borrowing from Proto-Semitic *lqḥ (“to take”) through metathesis, compare Hebrew לקח (lakákh).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ϩⲁϭⲉ • (hace) m (plural ϩⲁϭⲉ (hace))

  1. (Sahidic) snare

References

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  1. ^ Carsten Peust (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, page 108

Further reading

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