ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ
Coptic
Alternative forms
![](Images/wiktionary/RAMESES_II_BURIES_HIS_QUEEN_(1913-34).jpg.webp)
Funeral procession for the queen of Rameses II.
- ⲙⲏⲏϣⲓ (mēēši) – Fayyumic
- ⲙⲏϣ (mēš) – Bohairic
Etymology
From Demotic mšꜥ (“people, multitude, army”), from Egyptian
(mšꜥ, “army, footsoldiers, work gang”).
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Noun
ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ • (mēēše) m (plural ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ (mēēše))
- (Sahidic) multitude, crowd, throng
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 96