ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms
Funeral procession for the queen of Rameses II.

Etymology
From Demotic mšꜥ (“people, multitude, army”), from Egyptian

(mšꜥ, “army, footsoldiers, work gang”).

Noun

ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ (mēēše) m (plural identical to singular)

  1. (Sahidic) multitude, crowd, throng

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 96
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