ⲣⲙϩⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲣⲉⲙϩⲉⲩ (remheu) — Bohairic

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲣⲙϩⲉ • (rmhe) m

1. (Sahidic) 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