Coptic

English

Etymology

From Copt +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒp.tɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑp.tɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒptɪk
• Hyphenation: Cop‧tic

Adjective

Coptic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Copts, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria or to the Coptic language.

Derived terms

• Coptic Catholic

Translations

of or pertaining to the Copts, Coptic Orthodox Church or to the Coptic language

• Albanian: kopt m, kopte f (adjective)
• Arabic: قِبْطِيّ (qibṭiyy)
• Armenian: ղպտիական (hy) (ġptiakan)
• Aromanian: copt, coptescu, cuptescu (male), coaptã, copteascã, cupteascã (female)
• Bengali: কিবতী (kibtī)
• Catalan: copte (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 科普特的 (Kēpǔtè de)

• Coptic: ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ m (remǹkhēmi, literally “Man of Egypt”) (bohairic)
• Czech: koptský, koptický
• Danish: koptisk (da)
• Dutch: Koptisch (nl) n (language), Koptisch (nl) (general)
• Finnish: koptilainen (fi)
• French: copte (fr), coptique (fr)
• Galician: copto m
• German: koptisch (de)
• Greek: κοπτικός (el) (koptikós)
• Gujarati: કિબતી (kibtī)
• Hindi: किब्ती (kibtī)
• Icelandic: koptískur (is)
• Irish: Coptach (general), Coptais (language)
• Italian: copto
• Latin: Copticus, copticus
• Macedonian: коптски m (koptski)
• Malay: Qibti
• Maori: kapatiki
• Marathi: कॉप्टिक (kŏpṭik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koptisk

  Nynorsk: koptisk

• Persian: قبطی (qebti)
• Polish: koptyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: copta (pt), cóptico
• Romanian: copt (ro) m, coptă (ro) f (adjective)
• Russian: ко́птский (ru) (kóptskij)
• Spanish: copto (es), cóptico
• Swedish: koptisk (sv)

Noun

Coptic (uncountable)

1. The Afroasiatic language traditionally spoken by the Copts in Egypt, now extinct and used only as a liturgical language.

Translations

language

• Albanian: gjuha kopte f, koptisht (adverb)
• Arabic: القِبْطِيَّة f (al-qibṭiyya), اللُّغَة القِبْطِيَّة f (al-luḡa l-qibṭiyya), قِبْطِيّ m (qibṭiyy) (colloquial)
• Armenian: ղպտիերեն (hy) (ġptieren)
• Azerbaijani: qibti dili
• Basque: koptoera
• Bengali: কিবতী (kibtī)
• Catalan: copte (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 科普特語 / 科普特语 (zh) (Kēpǔtèyǔ)

• Coptic: ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ (metremnkhēmi)
• Czech: koptština (cs) f
• Finnish: kopti (fi), koptin kieli
• French: copte (fr) m, coptique (fr) m
• Galician: copto m
• German: Koptisch (de) n
• Greek: Κοπτική f (Koptikí), κοπτικά (el) n pl (koptiká)
• Gujarati: કિબતી (kibtī)
• Hindi: किब्ती (kibtī)
• Icelandic: koptíska (is) f
• Irish: Coptais f
• Japanese: コプト語 (ja) (Koputo-go)
• Latin: lingua Coptica f, lingua coptica f
• Maori: kapatiki
• Marathi: कॉप्टिक f (kŏpṭik)
• Persian: قبطی (qebti)
• Polish: język koptyjski m
• Portuguese: copta (pt) m, cóptico m
• Romanian: limba coptă f, coptă (ro) f, copteşte (adverb)
• Russian: ко́птский (ru) m (kóptskij)
• Spanish: copto (es) m, Hola m
• Swedish: koptiska (sv) c
• Uzbek: qibtiy tili
• Vietnamese: tiếng Copt
• Volapük: koptapük

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Coptic terms
• Copt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Coptic language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Coptic, cop ⁠