ⲣⲙϩⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲣⲉⲙϩⲉ (remhe) — Bohairic
• ⲣⲉⲙϩⲏ (remhē), ⲗⲉⲙϩⲏ (lemhē) — Fayyumic
• ⲣⲙⲛϩⲉ (rmnhe) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic nmḥ (“free (man)”), from Egyptian (nmḥw, “poor man”).

Noun

ⲣⲙϩⲉ • (rmhe) m (feminine ⲣⲙϩⲏ (rmhē), plural ⲣⲙϩⲉⲉⲩⲉ (rmheeue))

1. (Sahidic, Lycopolitan) freeman

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 137
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 297