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Coptic
Etymology
ϣⲱⲙ (šōm, “wash clothes”, verb) + ⲓⲱⲓ (iōi, “wash body”, verb). Coined by Zeniya Copts ca. 1886.
Noun
ϣⲱⲙⲓⲱⲓ • (šōmiōi) m
- (Bohairic) soap
References
- Worrell, W.H. (1937) Popular Traditions of the Coptic Language, The University of Chicago Press