ⲟⲩϣⲏ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲟⲩⳉⲓ (ouxi) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic wḫ (“night”), from Late Egyptian wḫ(ꜣ), from Egyptian wḫt (“darkness”).

Noun

ⲟⲩϣⲏ • (oušē) f (plural ⲟⲩϣⲟⲟⲩⲉ (oušooue) or ⲟⲩϣⲏ (oušē))

1. (Sahidic, Fayyumic) night

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN