ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲙⲏⲏϣⲓ (mēēši) — Fayyumic
ⲙⲏϣ (mēš) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic mšꜥ (“people, multitude, army”), from Egyptian

(mšꜥ, “army, footsoldiers, work gang”).

Noun

ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ • (mēēše) m (plural ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ (mēēše))

(Sahidic) multitude, crowd, throng

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 96

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