ϩⲟ

Coptic edit

Alternative forms edit

ϩⲁ (ha) — Sahidic, Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Old Coptic, Lycopolitan
ϩⲱ (hō) — Sahidic, Akhmimic

Etymology edit

From Demotic ḥr (“face”), from Egyptian ḥr.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Classical Coptic) /hoʔ/

Noun edit

ϩⲟ • (ho) m (plural ϩⲟ (ho), nominal form (S) ϩⲁ- (ha-), pronominal form (S, B, OC) ϩⲣⲁ⸗ (hra⸗) or (A, B, L) ϩⲣⲉ⸗ (hre⸗) or (F) ϩⲗⲉ⸗ (hle⸗) or (OC) ϧⲣⲁ⸗ (xra⸗))

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic) face
(Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic) surface, side, edge
(Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic) page

References edit

Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 286
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 646