ⲟⲩⲱⲧⲉⲃ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic wtb (“pass over, turn”), from Egyptian (wḏb, “turn (around)”).

Noun

ⲟⲩⲱⲧⲉⲃ • (ouōteb) m

1. transmigration, emigration

   Ⲓⲱⲥⲓⲁⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥϫⲫⲉ Ⲓⲉⲭⲟⲛⲓⲁⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉϥⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ ϩⲓ ⲡⲓⲟⲩⲱⲧⲉⲃ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲉ Ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ. ― Iōsias de afčphe Iekhonias nem nefsnēou hi piouōteb ebol nte Babulōn. ― And Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers in the transmigration out from Babylon.

References

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