ⲁⲓⲁⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic ꜥꜣ (“to be(come) big, great”), from Egyptian

(ꜥꜣj, “to be(come) big, great”).

Pronunciation

(Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ɑˈjɑj/

Verb

ⲁⲓⲁⲓ • (aiai) (qualitative ⲟⲓ) (intransitive)

(Bohairic, Sahidic) to increase in size
(Bohairic, Sahidic) to advance in age

Alternative forms

ⲁⲓⲉⲩⲉ (aieue), ⲁⲉⲓⲉⲩⲧⲉ (aeieute) — Akhmimic
ⲁⲓⲉⲓ (aiei) — Fayyumic

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 2
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 23
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, pages 5–6

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