ⲗⲓⲗ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲣⲓⲣ (rir) — Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic ryr, from Egyptian rrj (“pig”).

Noun

ⲗⲓⲗ • (lil) m

(Fayyumic, also Sahidic) pig

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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