ⲙⲁⲟⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Water from the Nile turned to blood

• ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (mōou) — Bohairic
• ⲙⲁⲩ (mau) — Fayyumic
• ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic mw (“water”), from Egyptian mw (“water”),

Related to Proto-Semitic *maʾ-. Cf. Arabic مَاء (māʔ) or Hebrew מַיִם (máyim).

Noun

ⲙⲁⲟⲩ • (maou) ?

1. (Akhmimic) water