ⲟⲩⲏⲉⲃ
Coptic
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Ancient Pharaoh and priest
Alternative forms
- ⲟⲩⲏⲃ (ouēb) – Bohairic, Fayyumic
- ⲟⲩⲏⲏⲃ (ouēēb) – Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic
- ⲟⲩⲓⲉⲓⲃⲉ (ouieibe) – Akhmimic
- ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲃⲉ (oueibe) – Akhmimic
- ⲟⲩⲓⲃⲉ (ouibe) – Akhmimic
- ⲟⲩⲉⲃ (oueb) – Fayyumic
- ⲟⲩⲉϥ (ouef) – Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic wꜥb (“priest”), from Egyptian
(wꜥb, “(temple) cleaner, the lowest level of priest”).
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Noun
ⲟⲩⲏⲉⲃ • (ouēeb) m
- (Fayyumic) priest
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 488
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 214