ⲕⲉⲙ

Coptic

Black color

Alternative forms

• ⲕⲉⲙⲓ (kemi) — Fayyumic
• ⲭⲁⲙⲉ (khame), ⲭⲁⲙⲏ (khamē), ⲭⲉⲙⲓ (khemi) — Bohairic
• ⲕⲉⲙⲉ (keme), ⲕⲙⲙⲉ (kmme), ⲕⲁⲙ (kam), ⲕⲁⲙⲏ (kamē), ⲕⲁⲙⲉ (kame) — Sahidic
• ⲕⲁⲙⲉ (kame) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic km.

Noun

ⲕⲉⲙ • (kem) m

1. (Fayyumic) black

Adjective

ⲕⲉⲙ • (kem)

1. black (color)

See also

Colors in Coptic · ⲛⲓⲁⲟⲩⲁⲛ (niaouan) (layout · text)

ⲟⲩⲱⲃϣ (ouōbš)	ⲕⲉⲣⲙⲓ (kermi)	ⲭⲁⲙⲉ (khame)
ⲑⲣⲉϣⲣⲱϣ (threšrōš); ⲡⲏⲣⲡ (pērp)	ⲙⲁⲛⲙⲟⲛ (manmon); ⲡⲟⲩⲛ (poun)	ⲁⲟⲩⲓⲛ (aouin)
ⲕⲟⲣⲧⲓⲙⲟⲥ (kortimos)	ⲏϫⲓ (ēči)	ⲁϭⲓⲛ (acin)
ⲫⲉ (phe); ⲕⲁⲗⲗⲁⲉⲓⲛⲟⲥ (kallaeinos)	ⲓⲱⲭⲣⲱⲟⲛ (iōkhrōon)	ⲁⲥⲓⲗⲱⲛ (asilōn)
ⲓⲱⲓⲁⲥ (iōias)	ϭⲏϫⲓ (cēči)	ⲃⲉⲣⲧ (bert)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 109b