ⲉⲱ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

Donkey with cart in Egypt

ⲉⲓⲱ (eiō) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan
ⲉⲉⲓⲱ (eeiō) — Sahidic
ⲉⲓⲟⲩ (eiou) — Sahidic
ⲉⲟⲩ (eou) — Sahidic
ⲓⲟⲩ (iou) — Akhmimic
ⲓⲱ (iō) — Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic
ⲓⲁⲱ (iaō) — Sahidic, Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ꜥꜣ (“donkey”), from Egyptian

(ꜥꜣ, “donkey”), possibly onomatopoeic in origin.

Noun

ⲉⲱ • (eō) m

(Sahidic, Bohairic) donkey

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 45
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 75

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