ⲙⲣⲱ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲉⲙⲣⲱ (emrō) — Bohairic
ⲉⲙⲡⲣⲱ (emprō) — Sahidic
ⲉⲙⲃⲣⲱ (embrō) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic mrt, mr, from Egyptian

(mryt, “riverbank, landing place, harbor”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (reconstructed classical Coptic) /əmˈɾoːʔ/

Noun

ⲙⲣⲱ • (mrō) f (plural ⲙ̄ⲣⲟⲟⲩⲉ (m̄rooue))

(Sahidic) harbor

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 183
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 88
Lambdin, Thomas Oden (1983) Introduction to Sahidic Coptic, Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, →ISBN, page 6
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 109.12–110.3

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