ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

A woman from Saqqara, Egypt.

ϩⲓⲙⲉ (hime) – Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic, Old Coptic
ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ (shimi) – Bohairic, Fayyumic

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

ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ (shime) f (plural ⲥϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ or ⲥϩⲓⲁⲙⲉ)

(Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic) woman
(Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic) wife
(Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic) female (animal)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 385
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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