ϩⲗⲱⲙ
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Coptic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Demotic hꜥlꜥmꜥtꜥ (“a kind of vermin”), which itself is probably from Ancient Greek ἕλμινς (hélmins, “parasitic worm”).
Noun
[edit]ϩⲗⲱⲙ • (hlōm) f
References
[edit]- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 280