ⲗⲉϩⲗⲏⲙ
Coptic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPossibly from Demotic hꜥlꜥmꜥtꜥ (“a kind of vermin”), which itself is probably from Ancient Greek ἕλμινς (hélmins, “parasitic worm”).
Noun
editⲗⲉϩⲗⲏⲙ • (lehlēm) f
References
edit- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 280