ⲕⲁϣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Egyptian Scribe's reeds

• ⲕⲉϣ (keš) — Akhmimic, Fayyumic

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲕⲁϣ • (kaš) m

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) reed, rush, particularly Saccharum aegypticum
2. (Bohairic, Sahidic) pencil

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 130
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 66