ⲟⲩϣⲏ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic wḫ (“night”), from Late Egyptian wḫ(ꜣ), from Egyptian wḫt (“darkness”).

Noun

ⲟⲩϣⲏ • (oušē) f (plural ⲟⲩϣⲟⲟⲩⲉ (oušooue) or ⲟⲩϣⲏ (oušē))

  1. (Sahidic, Fayyumic) night

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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