ⲟⲩⲱⲓ

Coptic

Charles Gleyre, Three Fellahs (1835)

Alternative forms

• ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲉ (ouoeie) — Sahidic
• ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲉ (ouaie) — Akhmimic
• ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲓⲉ (ouaaie) — Fayyumic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwoːi/

Noun

ⲟⲩⲱⲓ • (ouōi) m (plural ⲟⲩⲓⲏ (ouiē))

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

Synonyms

• ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲟⲥ (geōrgos)
• ϭⲣⲏ (crē)

Derived terms

• ⲓⲉⲫⲟⲩⲱⲓ (iephouōi, “tillage, tilled land”)
• ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲱⲓ (metouōi, “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