ⲙⲟⲟⲩ
Coptic
Alternative forms
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According to the Biblical book of Exodus, Yahweh turned the water of the Nile into blood.
- ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (mōou) – Bohairic
- ⲙⲁⲩ (mau) – Fayyumic
- ⲙⲁⲟⲩ (maou) – Akhmimic
Etymology
From Demotic mw (“water”), from Egyptian mw (“water”),
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mow/
Noun
ⲙⲟⲟⲩ • (moou) m (plural ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou))
- (Sahidic) water
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 197
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN