ⲥⲓⲱⲑⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲟⲑⲓⲥ (sothis) — Bohairic
• ⲥⲁⲧⲉ (sate), ⲥⲟⲧⲉ (sote) — Sahidic
• ⲥⲁϯ (sati) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σῶθις (Sôthis) which in turn is from Egyptian

(spdt, “Sothis, the divine personification of Sirius”).

Noun

ⲥⲓⲱⲑⲓ • (siōthi) m

1. (Bohairic, astronomy) Sirius, A bluish-white star in the constellation Canis Major; Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. A vertex of the Winter Triangle and the brightest star in the night sky.

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 192
• Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 165