ⲉⲓⲙⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Egyptian
(ꜥm, to know, to swallow).

Verb

ⲉⲓⲙⲉ • (eime)

  1. (Sahidic, transitive) to know, to understand.
    ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛ̄ⲉⲓⲙⲉ ϫⲉⲉⲣⲉⲡϩⲏⲅⲉⲙⲱⲛ ⲧⲱⲛ.
    atetn̄eime čeerephēgemōn tōn.
    Do you know where the hegemon is?

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ⲁⲧⲉⲓⲙⲉ (ateime, ignorant, innocent)
  • ⲙⲛⲧⲛⲁϣⲧⲙⲙⲉ (mntnaštmme, presumption, stubbornness)
  • ⲙⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲓⲙⲉ (mntateime, ignorance, innocence)
  • ⲛⲁϣⲧⲉⲓⲙⲉ (našteime, presumptuous, impudent, obdurate)
  • ⲧⲁⲙⲟ (tamo, to tell, inform) (causative)
  • ϭⲓⲛⲉⲓⲙⲉ (cineime, knowledge)

References

  • Marcion Coptic dictionary
  • TLA lemma no. C897 (ⲉⲓⲙⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]