ⲙⲣⲱ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲉⲙⲣⲱ (emrō) — Bohairic
• ⲉⲙⲡⲣⲱ (emprō) — Sahidic
• ⲉⲙⲃⲣⲱ (embrō) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic mrt, mr, from Egyptian (mryt, “riverbank, landing place, harbor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (reconstructed classical Coptic) /əmˈɾoːʔ/

Noun

ⲙⲣⲱ • (mrō) f (plural ⲙ̄ⲣⲟⲟⲩⲉ (m̄rooue))

1. (Sahidic) harbor

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 183
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 88
• Lambdin, Thomas Oden (1983) Introduction to Sahidic Coptic, Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, →ISBN, page 6
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 109.12–110.3