ⲣⲉⲙϩⲉⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲣⲙϩⲉ (rmhe) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic nmḥ (“free (man)”), from Egyptian (nmḥw, “poor man”).

Noun

ⲣⲉⲙϩⲉⲩ • (remheu) m

1. (Bohairic) freeman

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 137
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 297