ⲙⲏⲟⲩ
Coptic
Egyptian mother with children
Alternative forms
- ⲙⲁⲩ (mau), ⲙⲁⲁⲩ (maau) – Sahidic, Bohairic
- ⲙⲟ (mo), ⲙⲱ (mō) – Akhmimic
- ⲙⲉⲉⲩ (meeu) – Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
- ⲙⲉⲟⲩ (meou) – Fayyumic, Old Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic mwt, from Egyptian
(mwt, “mother”).
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Noun
ⲙⲏⲟⲩ • (mēou) f (plural ⲙⲏⲟⲩ (mēou))
- (Fayyumic) mother
- (Fayyumic) title applied to religious leaders
- (Fayyumic, of bees) queen bee
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 197a–197b
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 95