ϩⲓⲙⲉ

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))

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