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Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic wḫ (“night”), from Late Egyptian wḫ(ꜣ), from Egyptian wḫt (“darkness”).
Noun
ⲟⲩϣⲏ • (oušē) f (plural ⲟⲩϣⲟⲟⲩⲉ (oušooue) or ⲟⲩϣⲏ (oušē))
- (Sahidic, Fayyumic) night
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 221
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 502
- Westendorf, Wolfhart (1965–1977) Koptisches Handwörterbuch, first edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, page 281
- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 239