ⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Dog painted on Egyptian wall.

• ⲟⲩϩⲟⲗ (ouhol) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic whr, from Egyptian (whr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /uːˈhor/
• IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /uˈhur/
• IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /uˈhor/

Noun

ⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ • (ouhor) m (feminine ⲟⲩϩⲱⲣⲓ (ouhōri), plural ⲟⲩϩⲱⲣ (ouhōr))

1. (Bohairic) dog

Derived terms

• ⲁϥⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ (afnouhor, “stable fly”)
• ⲥⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ (sounouhor)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 224
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 510