ⲉⲣⲏⲩ

Coptic

Etymology

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Descended from Demotic [script needed] (ı ͗rj, “fellow, companion”), from Egyptian

(jr.j, “comrade, companion”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Sahidic) [ˈʔe.rɛːu̯]

Noun

ⲉⲣⲏⲩ • (erēu) (pl)

  1. plural of ⲏⲣ (ēr): companions, friends.
  2. as an object or in a prepositional phrase: together, each other, mutually.
    ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲁⲩϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲁⲩⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲩⲉⲣⲏⲩ.
    tote aušlēl aumooše mn̄neuerēu
    Then they prayed and walked together.
    ϫⲉⲁⲛⲁⲡⲁⲛⲧⲁ ⲉⲛⲉⲛⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲙⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ ϩⲓⲉⲩⲫⲣⲟⲥⲩⲛⲏ.
    čeanapanta enenerēu nouhoou nsmou hiounof hieuphrosunē.
    "We met each other on a day of blessing, of joy and of gladness."
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