ⲉⲙⲏⲣ

ⲉⲙⲏⲣ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic r mr, ultimately from Egyptian (r, “regarding, towards”) + mrw. The interpretation of mrw is unclear; Černý considers it to be (mrw, “desert”), while Vycichl equates it with (mrw), a variant form of (mryt, “riverbank, quay, harbor”), which fits better with the Coptic evidence semantically but perhaps not phonetically. Synchronically equivalent to ⲉ- (e-, “to”) +‎ ⲙⲏⲣ (mēr, “(opposite) shore”).

Preposition

ⲉⲙⲏⲣ • (emēr)

1. (Bohairic) to the other side (of), over, across, beyond

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 88
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 119
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 180