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Epeiph

Epeiph proper noun: the eleventh month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Epeiph has been in roughly July.

Proper noun

Epeiph

  1. The eleventh month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Epeiph has been in roughly July.

Forms of Epeiph

alternative formEpiphi

Origin of Epeiph

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπιφί (Epiphí), from Egyptian jpj-jpj. Compare Coptic Ⲉⲡⲏⲡ (Epēp).

Questions about Epeiph

What does Epeiph mean?
Epeiph means the eleventh month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Epeiph has been in roughly July.
What part of speech is Epeiph?
Epeiph is a proper noun.

Words near Epeiph in the dictionary

  1. epeeist
  2. epeeists
  3. epeen
  4. epeens
  5. epees
  6. Epeiph
  7. epeiric
  8. epeirid
  9. epeirids
  10. epeirogenesis
  11. epeirogenetic

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