ⲟⲩⲉϥ

Coptic

Ancient Pharaoh and priest

Alternative forms

• ⲟⲩⲏⲃ (ouēb) — Bohairic, Fayyumic
• ⲟⲩⲏⲏⲃ (ouēēb) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic
• ⲟⲩⲓⲉⲓⲃⲉ (ouieibe), ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲃⲉ (oueibe), ⲟⲩⲓⲃⲉ (ouibe) — Akhmimic
• ⲟⲩⲉⲃ (oueb), ⲟⲩⲏⲉⲃ (ouēeb) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic wꜥb (“priest”), from Egyptian (wꜥb, “(temple) cleaner, the lowest level of priest”).

Noun

ⲟⲩⲉϥ • (ouef) m

1. (Fayyumic) priest

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 488
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 214