ⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Wolves captured at Faiyum, Egypt.

ⲱⲛϣ (ōnš) – Sahidic
ⲟⲩⲁⲛϣ (ouanš) – Akhmimic
ⲟⲩⲱⲱⲛϣ (ouōōnš) – Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic wnš, from Egyptian

(wnš).

Noun

ⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ (ouōnš) m

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) wolf

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 214
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 485

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