I. adjective
or fay·yum·ic (ˈ)fā|yümik, (ˈ)fī|-
Usage: usually capitalized
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
II. noun
or fayyumic “
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: a dialect of Coptic spoken in the early Christian period in Middle Egypt of which fragments of a New Testament translation survive