ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

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

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