ⲏϫⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Egyptian jꜣqt, from Proto-Semitic *wrq (“green”) (probably North-Western). Compare Hebrew ירק (yéreq, “vegetables”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Old Bohairic) /ˈeːt͡ʃə/
  • IPA(key): (Late Bohairic) /ˈaɟa/
  • IPA(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /ˈid͡ʒi/

Noun

ⲏϫⲓ • (ēči) m (plural ⲏϫⲓ (ēči))

  1. (Bohairic) leek

Adjective

ⲏϫⲓ • (ēči)

  1. (Bohairic) green
    ⲡⲓⲁⲟⲩⲁⲛ ⲛ̀ⲏϫⲓ ― piaouan ǹēči ― the green color

See also
Colors in Coptic · ⲛⲓⲁⲟⲩⲁⲛ (niaouan) (layout · text)
     ⲟⲩⲱⲃϣ (ouōbš)      ⲕⲉⲣⲙⲓ (kermi)      ⲭⲁⲙⲉ (khame)
             ⲑⲣⲉϣⲣⲱϣ (threšrōš); ⲡⲏⲣⲡ (pērp)              ⲙⲁⲛⲙⲟⲛ (manmon); ⲡⲟⲩⲛ (poun)              ⲁⲟⲩⲓⲛ (aouin)
             ⲕⲟⲣⲧⲓⲙⲟⲥ (kortimos)              ⲏϫⲓ (ēči)              ⲁϭⲓⲛ (acin)
             ⲫⲉ (phe); ⲕⲁⲗⲗⲁⲉⲓⲛⲟⲥ (kallaeinos)              ⲓⲱⲭⲣⲱⲟⲛ (iōkhrōon)              ⲁⲥⲓⲗⲱⲛ (asilōn)
             ⲓⲱⲓⲁⲥ (iōias)              ϭⲏϫⲓ (cēči)              ⲃⲉⲣⲧ (bert)

References
  1. Carsten Peust (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, page 108

Further reading
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