ⲙⲁⲁⲩ

Coptic

Egyptian mother with children

Alternative forms

ⲙⲁⲩ (mau) – Sahidic, Bohairic
ⲙⲟ (mo), ⲙⲱ (mō) – Akhmimic
ⲙⲉⲉⲩ (meeu) – Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
ⲙⲉⲟⲩ (meou) – Fayyumic, Old Coptic
ⲙⲏⲟⲩ (mēou) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic mwt, from Egyptian
(mwt, “mother”).

Noun

ⲙⲁⲁⲩ • (maau) f (plural ⲙⲁⲁⲩ (maau))

(Sahidic) mother
(Sahidic) title applied to religious leaders
(Sahidic, of bees) queen bee

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 197a–197b
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 95

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