ⲟⲩϣⲏ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲟⲩⳉⲓ (ouxi) – Akhmimic
Etymology
From Demotic wḫ (“night”), from Late Egyptian wḫ(ꜣ), from Egyptian wḫt (“darkness”).
Noun
ⲟⲩϣⲏ (oušē) f (plural ⲟⲩϣⲟⲟⲩⲉ, or identical to singular)
- (Sahidic, Fayyumic) night
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN