ϩⲁⲧ

ϩⲁⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϩⲉⲧ (het) – Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
• ϩⲏⲧ (hēt) – Fayyumic
• ϩⲁⲧⲉ (hate) – Sahidic
• ϩⲁⲁⲧ (haat) – Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic (ḥt, “silver, money”), from Egyptian (ḥḏ, “silver”).

Noun

ϩⲁⲧ • (hat) m or f (uncountable)

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) silver
   1. (by extension) a (silver) coin; money

Usage notes

Usually masculine, but feminine when referring to money in Bohairic.

Adjective

ϩⲁⲧ • (hat)

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) white
2. (Sahidic, Bohairic) silver

Derived terms

• ⲧⲓⲙⲏⲛϩⲁⲧ (timēnhat)
• ⲡⲉⲣϩⲁⲧ (perhat)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 713
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN