ϭⲟⲓⲥ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϫⲁⲉⲓⲥ (jaeis) – Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
- ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ (joeis) – Sahidic
Etymology
From Demotic ṯs (“officer, commander, lord”), from Egyptian ṯsw (“commander”).
Noun
ϭⲟⲓⲥ (cois) n (plural ϭⲓⲥⲉⲩ)
- (Bohairic) master
- (Bohairic) lord
Proper noun
Ⲡϭⲟⲓⲥ (Pcois) m
- (Bohairic, Christianity, always with definite article) Lord
Abbreviations
- Ⲡⲟ̅ⲥ̅ (Po̅s̅) – nomen sacrum
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN