ⲟⲩⲉϥ

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Coptic[edit]

Ancient Pharaoh and priest

Alternative forms[edit]

ⲟⲩⲏⲃ (ouēb) — Bohairic, Fayyumic
ⲟⲩⲏⲏⲃ (ouēēb) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic
ⲟⲩⲓⲉⲓⲃⲉ (ouieibe) — Akhmimic
ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲃⲉ (oueibe) — Akhmimic
ⲟⲩⲓⲃⲉ (ouibe) — Akhmimic
ⲟⲩⲉⲃ (oueb) — Fayyumic
ⲟⲩⲏⲉⲃ (ouēeb) — Fayyumic

Etymology[edit]

From Demotic wꜥb (“priest”), from Egyptian

(wꜥb, “(temple) cleaner, the lowest level of priest”).

Noun[edit]

ⲟⲩⲉϥ • (ouef) m

(Fayyumic) priest

References[edit]

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 488
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 214

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