ϣⲱⲙⲓⲱⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

ϣⲱⲙ (šōm, “wash clothes”, verb) +‎ ⲓⲱⲓ (iōi, “wash body”, verb). Coined by Zeniya Copts ca. 1886.

Noun

ϣⲱⲙⲓⲱⲓ • (šōmiōi) m

1. (Bohairic) soap

References

• Worrell, W.H. (1937) Popular Traditions of the Coptic Language‎^[1], The University of Chicago Press