ⲓⲁⲙ

Coptic

Etymology

The sea of Faiyum

From Demotic ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian

(ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic.

Noun

ⲓⲁⲙ • (iam) m (plural ⲓⲁⲙ (iam))

(Fayyumic, Akhimimic) sea

Derived terms

ⲫⲓⲁⲙ (phiam)

References

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

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