ⲙⲁⲟⲩ
Coptic
Alternative forms
Water from the Nile turned to blood
- ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (mōou) – Bohairic
- ⲙⲁⲩ (mau) – Fayyumic
- ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou) – Sahidic
Etymology
From Demotic mw (“water”), from Egyptian mw (“water”),
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Related to Proto-Semitic *maʾ-. Cf. Arabic ماء (māʾ) or Hebrew מַיִם (máyim).
Noun
ⲙⲁⲟⲩ (maou)
- (Akhmimic) water