ⲱⲟⲩ
Coptic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oːw/
Etymology 1
From Egyptian
(jꜣw, “praise”).
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Noun
ⲱⲟⲩ • (ōou) m (plural ⲱⲟⲩ (ōou))
- (Bohairic) glory
Derived terms
- ϭⲓⲱⲟⲩ (ciōou)
- ϯⲱⲟⲩ (tiōou)
Etymology 2
From Demotic ꜥw (“to be wide, to be long”), from Egyptian
(ꜣwj, “to be wide, to be long”).
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Verb
ⲱⲟⲩ • (ōou)
- (intransitive, Bohairic) to be long
Etymology 3
From Demotic ꜥw (“length”), from Egyptian
(ꜣw, “extent, length”).
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Noun
ⲱⲟⲩ • (ōou) m (plural ⲱⲟⲩ (ōou))
- (Bohairic) length
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39, 230–231