ⲁⲫⲉ
Coptic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Demotic ꜥpt (“head”), from Egyptian
(tpt, “head”), originally from a feminine of the nisba adjective tpj (“being on top”), itself derived from tp (“atop, head”).
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Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Old Bohairic) /ʔaˈpʰeʔ/
- IPA(key): (Late Bohairic) /ʔaˈbaʔ/
- IPA(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /ˈafe/
Noun edit
ⲁⲫⲉ • (aphe) f (plural ⲁⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ (aphēoui))
- (Bohairic) (anatomy) head (part of the body)
- (Bohairic) magistrate, headman, chief
- ϯⲟⲩⲉϣ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉⲙⲓ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁⲫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲫⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ϯⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲧⲁⲫⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲙ̀ⲡⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲡⲉ.
- tioueš thēnou eretenemi če taphe ǹrōmi niben pe pkhristos taphe de ǹtishimi peshai pe taphe de m̀pkhristos phnouti pe.
- But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
References edit
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 11
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 14