ⲁ-

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See also: ⲁ and ⲁ⸗

Coptic

Etymology

From Egyptian ỉrỉ (“to make, to do”) or Egyptian ỉrj (“to make, to do”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ/ (Late Bohairic)

Prefix

ⲁ- • (a-) (pronominal state ⲁ⸗)

(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) verbal prefix of perfect, pluperfect and aorist tenses

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 2
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 23

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