ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic s-ḥmt (“woman”), from Egyptian zt-ḥmt (“woman”), from

(zt, “woman”) +

(ḥmt, “wife, woman”), a compound that arose because the feminine ending -t in zt eventually became silent, making zt homophonous with z (“man”), so that it became necessary to add ḥmt to clarify.

Noun

ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ • (shimi) f (plural ϩⲓⲟⲙⲓ (hiomi) or ϩⲓⲁⲙⲓ (hiami))

  1. (Bohairic, Fayyumic) woman
  2. (Bohairic, Fayyumic) wife
  3. (Bohairic, Fayyumic) female (animal)

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