ⲟⲩⲏⲣ

Coptic

Etymology

From Egyptian

(wr, “great, big”), also used to ask how much.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /weːr/

Adverb

ⲟⲩⲏⲣ • (ouēr)

(Akhmimic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic, Sahidic) how many

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 215
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 488

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