ϣⲟⲓϣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϣⲟⲉⲓϣ (šoeiš) — Sahidic
• ϣⲱⲓϣ (šōiš) — Bohairic
• ϣⲁⲓϣ (šaiš) — Fayyumic
• ⳉⲁⲉⲓⳉ (xaeix) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic šyḫ, ḫyḫ (“dust”); ultimately derived from ϣⲱϣ (šōš, “scatter”).

Noun

ϣⲟⲓϣ • (šoiš) m

1. (Sahidic, Old Coptic) dust

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 605
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 259