ⲟⲩⲏⲉⲃ

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Coptic

Ancient Pharaoh and priest

Alternative forms

ⲟⲩⲏⲃ (ouēb) — Bohairic, Fayyumic
ⲟⲩⲏⲏⲃ (ouēēb) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic
ⲟⲩⲓⲉⲓⲃⲉ (ouieibe), ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲃⲉ (oueibe), ⲟⲩⲓⲃⲉ (ouibe) — Akhmimic
ⲟⲩⲉⲃ (oueb), ⲟⲩⲉϥ (ouef) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic wꜥb (“priest”), from Egyptian

(wꜥb, “(temple) cleaner, the lowest level of priest”).

Noun

ⲟⲩⲏⲉⲃ • (ouēeb) m

(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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