ⲥⲓⲟⲩ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic sw (“star”), from Egyptian

(sbꜣ, “star”).

Noun

ⲥⲓⲟⲩ • (siou) m (plural ⲥⲓⲟⲩ (siou))

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) star

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 167
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 368

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