ⲟⲩⲏⲃ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲟⲩⲏⲏⲃ (ouēēb) – Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
ⲟⲩⲓⲉⲓⲃⲉ (ouieibe) – Akhmimic
ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲃⲉ (oueibe) – Akhmimic
ⲟⲩⲓⲃⲉ (ouibe) – Akhmimic
ⲟⲩⲉⲃ (oueb) – Fayyumic
ⲟⲩⲉϥ (ouef) – Fayyumic
ⲟⲩⲏⲉⲃ (ouēeb) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic wꜥb (“priest”), from Egyptian
(wꜥb, “(temple) cleaner, the lowest level of priest”).

Noun

ⲟⲩⲏⲃ (ouēb) m

(Bohairic, Fayyumic) priest

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 488
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 214

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