ⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲟⲩϩⲟⲗ (ouhol) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic whr, from Egyptian

(whr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /uːˈhor/
IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /uˈhur/
IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /uˈhor/

Noun

ⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ • (ouhor) m (feminine ⲟⲩϩⲱⲣⲓ (ouhōri), plural ⲟⲩϩⲱⲣ (ouhōr))

(Bohairic) dog

Derived terms

ⲁϥⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ (afnouhor, “stable fly”)
ⲥⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ (sounouhor)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 224
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 510

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