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 (oušooue) or ⲟⲩϣⲏ (oušē))
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 221
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 502
- Westendorf, Wolfhart (1965–1977) Koptisches Handwörterbuch, first edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, page 281
- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 239