ⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Wolves captured at Faiyum, Egypt.

• ⲱⲛϣ (ōnš) — Sahidic
• ⲟⲩⲁⲛϣ (ouanš) — Akhmimic
• ⲟⲩⲱⲱⲛϣ (ouōōnš) — Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic Egyptian wnš, from Egyptian (wnš).

Noun

ⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ • (ouōnš) m

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) wolf

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 214
• Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 485