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Demotic [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] From Late Period
Egyptian ( ꜥ ,
“ house ” ) , from earlier
Egyptian ( ꜥt ,
“ room ” ) (or else a formation from the same root).
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house household , family room place , district , quarter temple holder , container ( astrology ) house , one of the twelve equal divisions of the ecliptic through which celestial bodies pass Descendants [ edit ] Akhmimic Coptic: ⲏⲓ ( ēi ) , ⲏⲉⲓ ( ēei )
Bohairic Coptic: ⲏⲓ ( ēi )
Fayyumic Coptic: ⲏⲓ ( ēi )
Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲏⲉⲓ ( ēei )
Old Coptic: ⲏⲓ ( ēi )
Sahidic Coptic: ⲏⲓ ( ēi ) , ⲏⲉⲓ ( ēei ) Etymology 2 [ edit ] From
Egyptian ( ꜥ ,
“ arm, part, portion, pair, region ” ) .
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both arms or hands , the arms collectively
arm , hand item , portion , piece pair Descendants [ edit ] Bohairic Coptic: ⲏⲓ ( ēi )
Sahidic Coptic: ⲏⲓ ( ēi ) References [ edit ] Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001 ), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago [1] Ꜥ (03.1) , Chicago: The University of Chicago, pages 5–18 Erichsen, Wolja (1954 ) Demotisches Glossar , Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, pages 52–53 Černý, Jaroslav (1976 ) Coptic Etymological Dictionary , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN pages 41–42 Vycichl, Werner (1983 ) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte , Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN pages 52–53
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