ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ
Coptic
Alternative forms
ⲙⲏⲏϣⲓ
(
mēēši
)
—
Fayyumic
ⲙⲏϣ
(
mēš
)
—
Bohairic
Etymology
From
Demotic
mšꜥ
(
“
people, multitude, army
”
)
, from
Egyptian
(
mšꜥ
,
“
army, footsoldiers, work gang
”
)
.
Noun
ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ
• (
mēēše
)
m
(
plural
ⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ
(
mēēše
)
)
(
Sahidic
)
multitude
,
crowd
,
throng
References
Černý, Jaroslav
(
1976
)
Coptic Etymological Dictionary
, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
→ISBN
,
page
96