ⲉⲃⲓⲱ

Coptic

Etymology
Egyptians gathering honey
From Demotic jbj (“honey”), from Egyptian

(bjt, “honey, bee”).

Noun

ⲉⲃⲓⲱ (ebiō) m (nominal state ⲉⲃⲓⲉ)

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) honey

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 32
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 52
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