ⲓⲉⲣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲉⲓⲉⲣ (eier) — Sahidic

Etymology

The eye of Ra

From Demotic jrt (“eye”), from Egyptian (jrt, “eye”).

Noun

ⲓⲉⲣ • (ier) f

1. (Bohairic) eye

Synonyms

• ⲃⲁⲗ (bal)
• ⲓⲁⲧ (iat), ⲉⲓⲁⲧ (eiat)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 44
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 73