ⲥⲁϯ
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Coptic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σῶθις (Sôthis) which in turn is from Egyptian
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(spdt, “Sothis, the divine personification of Sirius”).
Noun
ⲥⲁϯ • (sati) m
- (Fayyumic, astronomy) Sirius, A bluish-white star in the constellation Canis Major; Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. A vertex of the Winter Triangle and the brightest star in the night sky.
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 192
- Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 165