ⲭⲁⲙⲉ

Coptic

Black color

Alternative forms

• ⲕⲁⲙⲏ (kamē), ⲕⲉⲙⲉ (keme), ⲕⲙⲙⲉ (kmme), ⲕⲁⲙ (kam) — Sahidic
• ⲕⲉⲙⲓ (kemi), ⲕⲉⲙ (kem) — Fayyumic
• ⲕⲁⲙⲉ (kame) — Akhmimic, Sahidic
• ⲭⲁⲙⲏ (khamē), ⲭⲉⲙⲓ (khemi) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic km.

Noun

ⲭⲁⲙⲉ • (khame) m (plural ⲭⲁⲙⲉⲩ (khameu))

1. (Bohairic) black

Adjective

ⲭⲁⲙⲉ • (khame)

1. black (color)

See also

Colors in Coptic · ⲛⲓⲁⲟⲩⲁⲛ (niaouan) (layout · text)

ⲟⲩⲱⲃϣ (ouōbš)	ⲕⲉⲣⲙⲓ (kermi)	ⲭⲁⲙⲉ (khame)
ⲑⲣⲉϣⲣⲱϣ (threšrōš); ⲡⲏⲣⲡ (pērp)	ⲙⲁⲛⲙⲟⲛ (manmon); ⲡⲟⲩⲛ (poun)	ⲁⲟⲩⲓⲛ (aouin)
ⲕⲟⲣⲧⲓⲙⲟⲥ (kortimos)	ⲏϫⲓ (ēči)	ⲁϭⲓⲛ (acin)
ⲫⲉ (phe); ⲕⲁⲗⲗⲁⲉⲓⲛⲟⲥ (kallaeinos)	ⲓⲱⲭⲣⲱⲟⲛ (iōkhrōon)	ⲁⲥⲓⲗⲱⲛ (asilōn)
ⲓⲱⲓⲁⲥ (iōias)	ϭⲏϫⲓ (cēči)	ⲃⲉⲣⲧ (bert)

Related terms

• ⲭⲙⲟⲙ (khmom, “become black”)
• ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi, “Egypt”)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 109b