ⲥⲁϯ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σῶθις (Sôthis) which in turn is from Egyptian


(spdt, “Sothis, the divine personification of Sirius”).

Noun

ⲥⲁϯ • (sati) m

  1. (Fayyumic, astronomy) Sirius, A bluish-white star in the constellation Canis Major; Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. A vertex of the Winter Triangle and the brightest star in the night sky.

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 192
  • Kircher, Athanasius (1643) Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta, Romae: Hermann Scheus apud Ludouicum Grignanum, page 165
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