ⲥⲓⲙⲉⲓ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

Panel painting of a woman in a blue mantle

Etymology

From Demotic s-ḥmt (woman), from Egyptian zt-ḥmt (woman), from
z
t B1
(zt, woman) +
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t
B1
(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 distinguish between them. By surface analysis, ⲥⲁ (sa) +‎ ϩⲓⲙⲉ (hime).

Noun

ⲥⲓⲙⲉⲓ (simeif (plural ⲥⲓⲙⲉⲓ (simei))

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

Adjective

ⲥⲓⲙⲉⲓ (simei)

  1. (Fayyumic) female

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