ϫⲉⲡⲉϩ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϫⲉⲙⲡⲉϩ (čempeh), ϫⲙ̄ⲡⲏϩ (čm̄pēh), ϫⲉⲙⲡⲏϩ (čempēh), ϫⲏⲡⲉϩ (čēpeh), ϫⲙⲡⲉϩ (čmpeh) – Sahidic
- ϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ (čempheh) – Bohairic
- ϫⲙⲡⲏϩ (čmpēh), ϫⲡⲏϩ (čpēh) – Akhmimic
- ϫⲓⲙⲡⲉϩ (čimpeh) – Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic ḏmpḥ, from Late Egyptian ḏpḥ, borrowed from a Semitic language; compare Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ), Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ (tappūaḥ).
Noun
ϫⲉⲡⲉϩ • (čepeh) m (plural ϫⲉⲡⲉϩ (čepeh))
- (Fayyumic) apple
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 771
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 314
- Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN