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Sahidic

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Etymology

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Calque of Arabic صَعِيدِي (ṣaʕīdī, “Upper Egyptian, Thebaic”), used to name the dialect in an 11th-century Coptic grammar by Athanasius of Qus.[1]

Proper noun

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Sahidic

  1. A Coptic dialect that was spoken in southern Egypt.

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References

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  1. ^ Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 36

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