ⲙⲟⲩⲓ

Coptic

FWOTD – 18 January 2018

Etymology 1

Two lions, symbolizing yesterday and tomorrow.

From Demotic mꜣj (“lion”), from Egyptian mꜣj (“lion”),

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲟⲩⲉⲓ (mouei) — Sahidic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːj/

Noun

ⲙⲟⲩⲓ • (moui) m (plural ⲙⲱⲟⲩⲓ (mōoui))

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) lion
   • Walter Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden. Texte, Übersetzungen und Indices herausgeben und bearbeitet, book I, in Orientalia Christiana Analecta, issue 102, Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum (1935), 4, lines 18.19.

     ⲁⲡⲙⲟⲩⲓ ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲛⲁϥ ⲁϥⲡⲱⲧ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲁ

     apmoui ouōšt naf afpōt epefma

     The lion saluted him and returned to his spot.

Synonyms

• ⲗⲁⲃⲟ (labo)
• ⲗⲉⲱⲛ (leōn)
• ⲃⲉⲗⲑⲱⲛ (belthōn)

Etymology 2

Island of Elephantine in Aswan, Egypt

From Demotic mꜣy (“island”), from Egyptian mꜣwt (“new land (that emerged from the Nile)”), most likely abbreviated from *jw nj mꜣwt, literally “island of newness”.

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲟⲩⲉ (moue) — Sahidic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːʔ/

Noun

ⲙⲟⲩⲓ • (moui) f

1. (Bohairic) island