Fayumic

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adjective

Fa·​yum·​ic

variants or Fayyumic

(ˈ)fā¦yümik,

(ˈ)fī¦-

1

: of, belonging to, or situated in the Fayum, a fertile depression in Egypt south of Cairo and connected with the Nile valley by a narrow pass

2

: of, belonging to, being, or composed in Fayumic

Fayumic

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noun

variants or Fayyumic

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plural -s

: a dialect of Coptic spoken in the early Christian period in Middle Egypt of which fragments of a New Testament translation survive

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