Sahidic

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Etymology

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

Sahidic

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

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References
  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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