ϩⲓⲙⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

A woman from Saqqara, Egypt.

ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ (shime) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic
ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ (shimi) — Bohairic, Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠ (ḥm.t, “wife”), from Egyptian

(ḥmt, “wife, woman”).

Noun

ϩⲓⲙⲉ • (hime) f (plural ϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ (hiome) or ϩⲓⲁⲙⲉ (hiame) or ϩⲓⲁⲁⲙⲉ (hiaame))

(Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic, Old Coptic) wife

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 385
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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