ⲙⲣⲣⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲉⲗⲗⲓ (melli) — Fayyumic
• ⲙⲉⲣⲣⲉ (merre) — L6 (Nag Hammad)

Etymology

From ⲙⲟⲩⲣ (mour, “to bind, tie”)

Noun

ⲙⲣⲣⲉ • (mrre) f

1. (Sahidic, Akhmimic) chain, bond, joint

References

• Marcion Coptic dictionary
• TLA lemma no. C2002 (ⲙⲣⲣⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]