ϫⲟⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ϫⲁⲓ (čai) — Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
ϫⲟⲉⲓ (čoei) — Sahidic
ϫⲁⲉⲓ (čaei) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic ḏj (“boat, ship”), from Egyptian ḏꜣy (“riverboat”).

Noun

ϫⲟⲓ • (čoi) m (plural (S) ⲉϫⲏⲩ (ečēu) or (B) ⲉϫⲏⲟⲩ (ečēou))

(Sahidic, Bohairic) boat, ship

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 754
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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