ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

A scribe sitting with scroll

• 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))

1. (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^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 770