ⲓⲁⲙ

Coptic

Etymology

The sea of Faiyum

From Demotic ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian (ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic.

Noun

ⲓⲁⲙ • (iam) m (plural ⲓⲁⲙ (iam))

1. (Fayyumic, Akhimimic) sea

Derived terms

• ⲫⲓⲁⲙ (phiam)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 46