ⲙⲟⲟⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Water from the Nile turned to blood

• ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (mōou) — Bohairic
• ⲙⲁⲩ (mau) — Fayyumic
• ⲙⲁⲟⲩ (maou) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic mw (“water”), from Egyptian mw (“water”),

Related to Proto-Semitic *maʾ-. Cf. Arabic ماء (māʾ) or Hebrew מַיִם (máyim).

Noun

ⲙⲟⲟⲩ • (moou)

1. (Sahidic) water