ⲙⲏⲟⲩ

Coptic

Egyptian mother with children

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲁⲩ (mau), ⲙⲁⲁⲩ (maau) — Sahidic, Bohairic
• ⲙⲟ (mo), ⲙⲱ (mō) — Akhmimic
• ⲙⲉⲉⲩ (meeu) — Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
• ⲙⲉⲟⲩ (meou) — Fayyumic, Old Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic mwt, from Egyptian (mwt, “mother”).

Noun

ⲙⲏⲟⲩ • (mēou) f (plural ⲙⲏⲟⲩ (mēou))

1. (Fayyumic) mother
2. (Fayyumic) title applied to religious leaders
3. (Fayyumic, of bees) queen bee

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 197a–197b
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 95