ⲁⲫⲱⲫ

Coptic

Ancient Egyptian art depicting Apep being warded off by a deity. Tomb of pharaoh Ramses I. Thebes West, near 1307 BC.

Etymology

From Demotic ꜥpꜥp, from Egyptian (ꜥꜣpp, “Apep, Apophis”).

Noun

ⲁⲫⲱⲫ • (aphōph) m (plural ⲁⲫⲱⲫⲓ (aphōphi) or ⲁⲫⲱⲡⲓ (aphōpi))

1. (Bohairic) giant

Proper noun

ⲡⲓⲀⲫⲱⲫ • (piAphōph) m

1. (Bohairic) Apophis

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 15
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 21