ⲙⲣⲱⲙ

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Coptic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Reborrowed from Ancient Greek ἐμβρίμιον (embrímion, “mat or pillow made of papyrus”) which itself is borrowed from an unknown Egyptian word connected to Demotic mr (“to bind”) (see Coptic ⲙⲟⲩⲣ (mour)).

Noun[edit]

ⲙⲣⲱⲙ • (mrōm) m (plural ⲙⲣⲱⲙ (mrōm))

  1. (Bohairic) pillow
  2. (Bohairic) dummy

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References[edit]

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN
  • Michel Pezin. (1988) Pour une étymologie égyptienne de εμβρίμιον, Chronique d'Egypte Vol. 63, No. 126
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