ⲁⲡⲁ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "apa"

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (abba) — Sahidic, Bohairic (more formal)

Etymology

A nativized borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אַבָּא (ʾabbā, “father”).

Noun

ⲁⲡⲁ • (apa) m (feminine ⲁⲙⲁ (ama), plural ⲁⲡⲁ (apa))

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) apa (a title used for male clergy or saints in the Coptic Church)

Descendants

• → Egyptian Arabic: أنبا (ʔamba) (from variant pronunciations of the form ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (abba))
• → English: apa

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 13
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 11