ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϫⲁⲉⲓⲥ (čaeis) — Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
• ϭⲟⲓⲥ (cois) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ṯs (“officer, commander, lord”), from Egyptian ṯsw (“commander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoi̯s/ (reconstructed)

Noun

ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • (čoeis) m (plural ϫⲓⲥⲟⲟⲩⲉ (čisooue) or ϫⲓⲥⲟⲟⲩ (čisoou))

1. (Sahidic) master
2. (Sahidic) lord
3. (Sahidic, Christianity, always with definite article) Lord

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN