ⲙⲁⲟⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Water from the Nile turned to blood

ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (mōou) – Bohairic
ⲙⲁⲩ (mau) – Fayyumic
ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou) – Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic mw (“water”), from Egyptian mw (“water”),

N35A [mw]

Related to Proto-Semitic *maʾ-. Cf. Arabic ماء‎ (māʾ) or Hebrew מַיִם‎ (máyim).

Noun

ⲙⲁⲟⲩ (maou)

(Akhmimic) water

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