ⲁϫⲡ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϫⲡ (čp) – Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic
- ϫⲉⲡ (čep) – Sahidic, Fayyumic
Etymology
Most likely ultimately derived from a form of ϣⲱⲡ (šōp, “moment, instant”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (reconstructed Classical Coptic) /ˈac(ə)p/
Noun
ⲁϫⲡ • (ačp) f
- (Bohairic, rarely Sahidic) hour, time
- ⲁϥⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϥⲥⲁϫⲓ ϣⲁ ⲁϫⲡ ϣⲁϣϥⲓ
- afmoun ebol efsači ša ačp šašfi
- He kept talking until 7 o’clock
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 777
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
- عبد النور, معوض داود. (1998) قاموس اللغة القبطية للهجتين البحيرية والصعيدية - قبطي عربي - الأستاذ معوض داود عبد النور, المركز المصري للطبعات, page 17