ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Funeral procession for the queen of Rameses II.

• ⲙⲏⲏϣⲓ (mēēši) — Fayyumic
• ⲙⲏϣ (mēš) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic mšꜥ (“people, multitude, army”), from Egyptian (mšꜥ, “army, footsoldiers, work gang”).

Noun

ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ • (mēēše) m (plural ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ (mēēše))

1. (Sahidic) multitude, crowd, throng

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 96