ⲙⲣⲱⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲉⲙⲣⲱⲙ (emrōm) — Bohairic
• ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙ (ourōm) — Sahidic

Etymology

Reborrowed 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

ⲙⲣⲱⲙ • (mrōm) m (plural ⲙⲣⲱⲙ (mrōm))

1. (Bohairic) pillow
2. (Bohairic) dummy

Synonyms

• ϣϣⲟⲧ (ššot)

References

• 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