ⲙⲱⲟⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Water from the Nile turned to blood

ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou) – Sahidic
ⲙⲁⲩ (mau) – Fayyumic
ⲙⲁⲟⲩ (maou) – Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic mw (“water”), from Egyptian mw (“water”),

N35A [mw]

Related to Proto-Semitic *maʾ-. Cf. Arabic ماء‎ (māʾ) or Hebrew מַיִם‎ (máyim).

Noun

ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (mōou)

(Bohairic) water

Derived terms

ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ˋⲛⲛⲟⲩϫ (mōou ˋnnouj)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
Bohairic-English Dictionary

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