ⲕⲉⲣⲕⲏ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic grg (“to found, to construct”). Could be reborrowed from Ancient Greek κερκη (kerkē).

Noun

ⲕⲉⲣⲕⲏ • (kerkē) m (plural ⲕⲣⲕⲏⲟⲩ (krkēou))

  1. (Lycopolitan) a settlement

References
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 347
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