ⲏⲉⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲏⲓ (ēi) — Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Old Coptic

Etymology

Modern Egyptian house

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (ꜥ.wy, “house”), from Egyptian (ꜥt, “room”).

Noun

ⲏⲉⲓ • (ēei) m (plural ⲏⲉⲓ (ēei))

1. (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) house

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 66
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41