ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲗⲁⲙⲡⲓ (lampi), ⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓ (rampi) — Fayyumic
• ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ (rompe) — Sahidic
• ⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ (rampe) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Sahidic, Old Coptic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈɾompə/
• (Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈɾumba/
• (Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈrompi/

Noun

ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ • (rompi) f

1. (Bohairic) year

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