ⲕⲉϣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Egyptian Scribe's reeds

ⲕⲁϣ (kaš) — Bohairic, Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠ (gš, “rush”), from Egyptian

(gꜣš, “rush”).

Noun

ⲕⲉϣ • (keš) m

(Akhmimic, Fayyumic) reed, rush, particularly Saccharum aegypticum
(Akhmimic, Fayyumic) pencil

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