ⲓⲁⲙ
Coptic
Etymology
From
Demotic
ym
(
“
sea
”
)
, from
Late Egyptian
(
ym
,
“
lake, sea
”
)
, itself a borrowing from
Semitic
.
Noun
ⲓⲁⲙ
• (
iam
)
m
(
plural
ⲓⲁⲙ
(
iam
)
)
(
Fayyumic
,
Akhimimic
)
sea
Derived terms
ⲫⲓⲁⲙ
(
phiam
)
References
Černý, Jaroslav
(
1976
)
Coptic Etymological Dictionary
, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
→ISBN
,
page
46