ⲏⲓ

Coptic

Etymology 1

Modern Egyptian house

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (ꜥ.wy, “house”), from Late Period Egyptian

(ꜥ, “house”), from earlier Egyptian

(ꜥt, “room”) (or else a formation from the same root). Vycichl notes that the plural form ⲏⲟⲩ (ēou) is certainly an innovation rather than inherited.

Noun

ⲏⲓ • (ēi) m (plural ⲏⲟⲩ (ēou) or (A, B, F) ⲏⲩ (ēu)) (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Old Coptic)

house
household, family

Alternative forms

ⲏⲉⲓ (ēei) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan

Etymology 2

From Demotic ⁠ (ꜥ.wy, “arms, pair”), from Egyptian

(ꜥ, “arm, part, portion, pair, region”).

Noun

ⲏⲓ • (ēi) m (plural ⲏⲓ (ēi))

(Sahidic, Bohairic) pair, couple

Etymology 3

From Demotic j (“O!”), from Egyptian
(j, “O!”).

Interjection

ⲏⲓ • (ēi)

(Old Coptic) O!

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 66
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 41–42
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, pages 52–53

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