ⲉⲱ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲉⲓⲱ (eiō) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan
• ⲉⲉⲓⲱ (eeiō) — Sahidic
• ⲉⲓⲟⲩ (eiou) — Sahidic
• ⲉⲟⲩ (eou) — Sahidic
• ⲓⲟⲩ (iou) — Akhmimic
• ⲓⲱ (iō) — Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic
• ⲓⲁⲱ (iaō) — Sahidic, Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ꜥꜣ (“donkey”), from Egyptian (ꜥꜣ, “donkey”), possibly onomatopoeic in origin.

Noun

ⲉⲱ • (eō) m

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) donkey

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 45
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 75