ⲏⲓ

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Coptic

Etymology 1

Modern Egyptian house
From Demotic pr⁠Z1-2⁠ꜥwy (ꜥ.wy, “house”), from Late Period Egyptian
a
Z1		 pr
 (ꜥ, “house”), from earlier Egyptian
a
t pr
(ꜥt, “room”) (or else a formation from the same root). Vycichl notes that the plural form ⲏⲟⲩ (ēou) is certainly an innovation rather than inherited.

Noun

ⲏⲓ • (ēi) m (plural ⲏⲟⲩ (ēou) or (A, B, F) ⲏⲩ (ēu)) (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Old Coptic)

  1. house
  2. household, family
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Demotic Z1-2⁠ꜥwy (ꜥ.wy, “arms, pair”), from Egyptian
a
Z1
(ꜥ, “arm, part, portion, pair, region”).

Noun

ⲏⲓ • (ēi) m (plural ⲏⲓ (ēi))

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) pair, couple

Etymology 3

From Demotic j (“O!”), from Egyptian
iA2
 (j, “O!”).

Interjection

ⲏⲓ • (ēi)

  1. (Old Coptic) O!

References

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