ⲟⲩϣⲏ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲟⲩⳉⲓ (ouxi) – Akhmimic

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲟⲩϣⲏ (oušē) f (plural ⲟⲩϣⲟⲟⲩⲉ, or identical to singular)

(Sahidic, Fayyumic) night

References

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

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