Coptic
Etymology 1
From
Demotic nm (“who”), from
Egyptian (nmj), contracted from
(jn,
particle introducing an emphasized subject) +
(mj,
“who, what”).
Adverb
ⲛⲓⲙ • (nim)
- (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Bohairic, Fayyumic) who
Etymology 2
Determiner
ⲛⲓⲙ • (nim)
- (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic, Oxyrhynchite) every, all
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 108
- Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 225