ⲓⲟⲙ

Coptic

Etymology

The sea of Faiyum

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

Noun

ⲓⲟⲙ • (iom) m (plural ⲁⲙⲁⲓⲟⲩ (amaiou))

1. (Bohairic) sea

Derived terms

• ⲫⲓⲟⲙ (phiom)
• ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛϣⲁⲣⲓ (phiom nšari)

Descendants

With definite article prefixed:

• → Arabic: الفَيُّوم (al-fayyūm)
  • → English: Fayum
  • → English: Fayyumic

References

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