ⲉⲙⲡⲣⲱ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲉⲙⲣⲱ (emrō) – Bohairic
- ⲙⲣⲱ (mrō) – Sahidic
- ⲉⲙⲃⲣⲱ (embrō) – Bohairic
Etymology
From Demotic mrt, mr, from Egyptian
(mryt, “riverbank, landing place, harbor”).
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (reconstructed classical Coptic) /əpmˈɾoːʔ/
Noun
ⲉⲙⲡⲣⲱ • (emprō) f (plural ⲉⲙ̄ⲡⲣⲟⲟⲩⲉ (em̄prooue))
- (Sahidic) harbor
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 183
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 88
- Lambdin, Thomas Oden (1983) Introduction to Sahidic Coptic, Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, →ISBN, page 6
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 109.12–110.3