ⲙⲟⲩⲓ

Coptic

FWOTD – 18 January 2018

Etymology 1

Two lions, symbolizing yesterday and tomorrow.

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːj/

Noun

ⲙⲟⲩⲓ (moui) m (plural ⲙⲱⲟⲩⲓ)

  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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːʔ/

Noun

ⲙⲟⲩⲓ (moui) f

  1. (Bohairic) island
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