ⲉⲑⲱⲙ

Coptic

Atum, finisher of the world

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Egyptian
U15A40
(tm, Atum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Old Bohairic) /eˈtʰoːm/
  • IPA(key): (Late Bohairic) /eˈdum/
  • IPA(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /eˈθom/

Proper noun

ⲉⲑⲱⲙ • (ethōm) m

  1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) Atum, the Egyptian god
  2. a male given name from Egyptian

Derived terms

  • ⲡⲉⲑⲱⲙ (pethōm)
  • ϣⲉⲛⲁⲑⲱⲙ (šenathōm)

Descendants

  • Arabic: اْتُوم (ātūm), اْطُوم (āṭūm)

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 351
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 4
  • Isḥāḳ, Emile Māher. 1975. "The phonetics and phonology of the Boḥairic dialect of Coptic and the Survival of Coptic Word in the Colloquial and Classical Arabic of Egypt and of Coptic Grammatical Constructions in Colloquial Egyptian Arabic". University of Oxford
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