ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ (rompi) — Bohairic
• ⲗⲁⲙⲡⲓ (lampi), ⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓ (rampi) — Fayyumic
• ⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ (rampe) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Sahidic, Old Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic rnpt (“year”), from Egyptian (rnpt, “year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾompə/

Noun

ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ • (rompe) f (plural ⲣⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩⲉ (rmpooue))

1. (Sahidic) year

Derived terms

• ⲣⲙⲡϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ (rmpšeere, “year of famine”)

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 296
• TLA lemma no. C6046 (ⲣⲙⲡϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), (accessed 2024-09-12).