ⲑⲙⲓⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲑⲉⲙⲓⲥ (themis) — Fayyumic

Etymology

Possibly from Ancient Greek ἀτμίς (atmís, “steam, vapour”).

Noun

ⲑⲙⲓⲥ • (thmis) pl

1. (Bohairic) dust

Synonyms

• ⲕⲉⲣⲙⲓ (kermi)
• ⲣⲏⲓⲥⲓ (rēisi), ⲣⲏⲓⲥⲉⲛ (rēisen)
• ϣⲱⲓϣ (šōiš)
• ϣϩⲓϫ (šhič)
• ⲓⲧⲉⲛ (iten)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 43
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 68
• TLA lemma no. C809 (ⲑⲙⲓⲥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]