ⲙϫⲱⲗ
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Coptic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Demotic (mḏl, “onion”), from a Semitic language. Compare Hebrew בָּצָל (bāṣāl), Arabic بَصَل (baṣal), and Aramaic בּוּצְלָא (būṣlā). Ultimately from Proto-West Semitic *baṣal- (“onion”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ⲙϫⲱⲗ • (mčōl) m
Derived terms[edit]
- ⲉⲙϫⲱⲗ ϩⲉⲩⲧ (emčōl heut, “wild onion”)
References[edit]
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 101
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 213
Categories:
- Coptic terms inherited from Demotic
- Coptic terms derived from Demotic
- Coptic terms borrowed from Semitic languages
- Coptic terms derived from Semitic languages
- Coptic terms derived from Proto-West Semitic
- Coptic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Coptic lemmas
- Coptic nouns
- Coptic masculine nouns
- Sahidic Coptic
- Bohairic Coptic
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