ⲏϫⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Egyptian jꜣq.t, from Proto-Semitic *wrq (“green”) (probably North-Western). Compare Hebrew ירק‎ (yéreq, “vegetables”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈe.cʰə/

Noun

ⲏϫⲓ (ēji) m (plural ⲏϫⲓ)

  1. (Bohairic) leek

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

Further reading
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 67
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