ⲟⲩⲧⲁϩ

Coptic

Fruits in Modern Egypt

Alternative forms

• ⲉⲧⲁϩ (etah) — Akhmimic
• ⲟⲩⲧⲉϩ (outeh) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠ (wtḥ, “ripen, fruit”), also Greco-Roman Egyptian (wḏḥ, “fruit”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈtah/

Noun

ⲟⲩⲧⲁϩ • (outah) m (plural ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲩϩ (outauh))

1. (Bohairic, Lycopolitan, rare in Sahidic) fruit, crop, produce
2. (Bohairic) product, result

Synonyms

• ⲕⲁⲣⲡⲟⲥ (karpos)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 219