ϩⲟⲟⲩⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ (ehoou) — Bohairic
• ϩⲁⲟⲩ (haou), ϩⲁⲩ (hau), ϩⲁⲁⲟⲩ (haaou), ϩⲁⲁⲩ (haau) — Fayyumic
• ϩⲟⲟⲩ (hoou) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic
• ϩⲱⲟⲩⲉ (hōoue) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic hrw (“day”), from Egyptian (hrw, “day”).

Noun

ϩⲟⲟⲩⲉ • (hooue) m (plural ϩⲣⲉⲩ (hreu), nominal form (A) ϩⲟⲩ- (hou-))

1. (Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) day

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 304
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 730