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The letter “o” in The Gospel of Thomas

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Dick Marti: [Edit]
Thruout my copy of the Gospel of Thomas, there is a letter that
I have not encountered before. It looks like an “o” with a very long
tail to the right, making it look like a “Q”. But I think it may be an
accented o of some sort. For example, in verse 114, the word
“NQoovt” occurs twice and the letter in question is the Q. I can’t find an o like this in any Coptic alphabet online. Can somebody please explain?

ⲡⲓⲙⲟⲩⲓ:
ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ,

I believe [1] you are talking about the Coptic letter "Hori", of Demotic origin, here. It is pronounced as English letter "H".

Regarding the word of interest: "ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ", it means a man/male/husband [2] in the Sahidic dialect.

I hope that helped.

ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ,
ⲡⲓⲙⲟⲩⲓ

[1] [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/thomas/gospelthomas114.html
[2] https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.cgi?tla=C6994

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