ⲱⲟⲩ

Coptic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oːw/

Etymology 1

From Egyptian
(jꜣw, “praise”).

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”).

Verb

ⲱⲟⲩ • (ōou)

(intransitive, Bohairic) to be long

Etymology 3

From Demotic ꜥw (“length”), from Egyptian
(ꜣw, “extent, length”).

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

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