ⲛⲓⲙ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic nm (“who”), from Egyptian
(nmj), contracted from
(jn, particle introducing an emphasized subject) +
(mj, “who, what”).

Adverb

ⲛⲓⲙ • (nim)

(Bohairic) who

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 108
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 225

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