ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic Egyptian 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)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Old Testament‎[1], Genesis 7:2:
      ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲇⲉ ϧⲉⲛⲛⲓⲧⲉⲃⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲗⲓⲟⲩⲓ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲕ ⲛⲍⲍⲟⲩϩⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲉⲙⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛⲛⲓⲧⲉⲃⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲥⲉⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲛ ⲃ ⲃ ⲟⲩϩⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲉⲙⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ ((Bohairic))
      ebol de xennitebnōoui ethouab alioui exoun harok nzzouhōout nemoushimi ebol xennitebnōoui etenseouab an b b ouhōout nemoushimi
      And of clean cattle take in to thee sevens, male and female, and of all unclean cattle pairs male and female

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