ⲟⲩⲟϩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the infinitive of Demotic Egyptian wꜣḥ (“to put, to place”), from Egyptian
(wꜣḥ, “to put, to place”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /woh/

Conjunction

ⲟⲩⲟϩ • (ouoh)

  1. and
    • (Can we date this quote?), New Testament‎[1], John 1:1:
      ϧⲉⲛⲧⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲛⲉⲡⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲁϥⲭⲏ ϧⲁⲧⲉⲛⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲉⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ. ((Bohairic))
      xentarkhē nepisači pe ouoh pisači nafkhē xatenphnouti ouoh neounouti pe pisači.
      In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 14
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎[2], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 19
  • TLA lemma no. C240 (ⲟⲩⲟϩ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [3]
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