ⲓⲟⲙ
Coptic
Etymology
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From Demotic ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian
(ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic; see Proto-Semitic *yamm-.
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Noun
Derived terms
- ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛϣⲁⲣⲓ (phiom nšari)
Descendants
With definite article prefixed:
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 46