ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

The Nile river

Etymology

From Demotic yr-ꜥꜣ (“river, Nile”), from Egyptian jtrw ꜥꜣ (“Nile”, literally “great river”), from jtrw (“river”) + ꜥꜣ (“great”). By surface analysis, ⲓⲟⲣ (ior, “canal”) +‎ ⲟ (o, “great”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ • (eiero) m (plural ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ (eierōou))

  1. (Sahidic) river

Proper noun

ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ • (peiero) m

  1. (Sahidic) the Nile river

References

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