ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲉ

Coptic

Charles Gleyre, Three Fellahs (1835)

Alternative forms

• ⲟⲩⲱⲓ (ouōi) — Bohairic
• ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲉ (ouaie) — Akhmimic
• ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲓⲉ (ouaaie) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic wyꜥ (“farmer”), from Egyptian ꜥwꜣw (“reaper”).

Noun

ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲉ • (ouoeie) m (plural ⲟⲩⲉⲉⲓⲏ (oueeiē))

1. (Sahidic) husbandman, cultivator
2. (Sahidic) farmer, peasant, fellah

Synonyms

• ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲟⲥ (geōrgos)
• ϭⲣⲏ (crē)

Derived terms

• ⲉⲓⲉⲡⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲉ (eiepouoeie, “tillage, tilled land”)
• ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲉ (metouoeie, “husbandry”)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 209
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 373a