ϩⲓⲙⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms
A woman from Saqqara, Egypt.

Etymology

From Demotic ḥmt (“wife”), from Egyptian ḥmt (“wife, woman”).

Noun

ϩⲓⲙⲉ (hime) f (plural ϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ or ϩⲓⲁⲙⲉ or ϩⲓⲁⲁⲙⲉ)

  1. (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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