ḏmpḥ

Demotic

Etymology

From Late Egyptian ḏpḥ (“apple”)

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Borrowed from a Semitic language. Compare Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ (tappūaḥ, “apple”), and Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ, “apples”). [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃəmˈpʰeħ/

Noun

M2⁠ḥ-2⁠p⁠m⁠ḏ m

  1. apple

Alternative forms
  • M2⁠h̭⁠p⁠ḏ (ḏph̭) [2]

Descendants
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ (čempheh)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲉϩ (čm̄peh), ϫⲉⲙⲡⲉϩ (čempeh), ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲏϩ (čm̄pēh), ϫⲏⲡⲉϩ (čēpeh) [3]

References
  1. Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 314
  2. Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago‎, volume Ḏ (01.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, pages 35, 48
  3. Lambdin, Thomas Oden (1983) Introduction to Sahidic Coptic, Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, →ISBN, page 342
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