ⲙⲣⲱⲙ
Coptic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editReborrowed from Ancient Greek ἐμβρίμιον (embrímion, “mat or pillow made of papyrus”) which itself is borrowed from an unknown Egyptian word connected to Demotic mr (“to bind”) (see Coptic ⲙⲟⲩⲣ (mour)).
Noun
editⲙⲣⲱⲙ • (mrōm) m (plural ⲙⲣⲱⲙ (mrōm))
Synonyms
edit- ϣϣⲟⲧ (ššot)
References
edit- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN
- Michel Pezin. (1988) Pour une étymologie égyptienne de εμβρίμιον, Chronique d'Egypte Vol. 63, No. 126