ϭⲉⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ
Coptic
Textile roundel with dove.
Alternative forms
- ϫⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓ (črampi) – Fayyumic
- ϭⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ (crompi) – Bohairic
- ϭⲣⲟⲟⲙⲡⲉ (croompe) – Sahidic
- ϭⲉⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ (cerompe) – Sahidic
- ϭⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ (crompe) – Sahidic
- ϭⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ (crampe) – Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
- ϭⲉⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓ (cerampi) – Fayyumic
- ϭⲣⲁⲁⲙⲡⲉ (craampe) – Akhmimic
Etymology
From Demotic grmp (“pigeon”), from Egyptian gr-nj-pt (“pigeon”), from gr (“bird”) + nj (“of”) + pt (“sky”).
Noun
ϭⲉⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ • (cerampe) m or f
- (Fayyumic) dove, pigeon
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 828
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335
- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 346