ⲉⲃⲓⲱ

Coptic

Etymology

Egyptians gathering honey

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠ (jby, “honey”), from Egyptian

(bjt, “honey, bee”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔəβˈjoːʔ/

Noun

ⲉⲃⲓⲱ • (ebiō) m (nominal form ⲉⲃⲓⲉ- (ebie-))

(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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