ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ
Coptic
Alternative forms
A scribe sitting with scroll
- ϫⲱⲙ (čōm) – Bohairic
- ϫⲱⲙⲉ (čōme) – Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
- ϫⲟⲩⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čououme) – Akhmimic
- ϫⲟⲩⲙⲉ (čoume) – Akhmimic
- ϫⲱⲱⲙⲓ (čōōmi) – Fayyumic
- ϫⲱⲙⲓ (čōmi) – Fayyumic
- ϫⲟⲟⲙⲉ (čoome) – Fayyumic
- ϫⲟⲙⲉ (čome) – Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (book)”), from Egyptian ḏmꜥ (“papyrus (sheet or roll)”).
Noun
ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ • (čōōme) m (plural ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ (čōōme))
- (Sahidic, Fayyumic) scroll, book
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 314
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 770