Coptic

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Etymology

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Reduplication of ϩⲱϫ (hōč, to press, to oppress), from Demotic ḥꜥḏ, from Egyptian
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(ḥꜥḏꜣ, to rob).

Verb

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ϩⲟϫϩⲉϫ (hočheč)

  1. (transitive, Sahidic, Bohairic) to compel, to pressure
  2. (transitive, Sahidic, Bohairic) to straighten
  3. (intransitive, Sahidic, Bohairic) to be distressed
  4. (intransitive, Sahidic, Bohairic) to be narrow or restricted

Conjugation

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ϩⲟϫϩⲉϫ (hočhečm

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) distress, tribulation, need

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