ⲁⲫⲉ

Coptic

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1= ⲁⲫⲉ (aphe) 2= ϩⲟ (ho) 3= ϧⲁϧ (xax) 4= ⲛⲁϩⲃⲓ (nahbi) 5= ⲙⲉⲥⲧⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ (mestenhēt), ⲙⲛⲟⲧ (mnot) 6= ϧⲉⲗⲡⲓ (xelpi) 7= ⲛⲉϫⲓ (neji) 8= ⲃⲁϩ (bah) 9= ⲥⲏⲧ (sēt) 10-12= ⲫⲁⲧ (phat) 10= ⲁⲗⲟϫ (aloj) 11= ⲕⲉⲗⲓ (keli) 12= ⲥⲏⲃⲓ ⲛ̀ⲣⲁⲧ (sēbi ǹrat) 13= ϣⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲣⲁⲧ (šmou ǹrat) 14= ⲣⲁⲧ (rat), ⲟⲩⲣⲏⲧⲉ (ourēte) 15-18= ⲕⲉϩ (keh) 16= ⲕⲁⲗⲁⲛⲕⲉϩ (kalankeh), ⲕⲱⲓ (kōi) 17= ϭⲛⲁϩ (čnah) 19= ϫⲓϫ (jij), ⲧⲱⲣⲓ (tōri)

Alternative forms

ⲁⲡⲉ (ape) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic Egyptian ꜥpt (“head”), from Egyptian

(tpt, “head”), originally from a feminine of the nisba adjective tpj (“being on top”), itself derived from tp (“atop, head”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /ʔaˈpʰeʔ/
IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /ʔaˈbaʔ/
IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /ˈafe/

Noun

ⲁⲫⲉ • (aphe) f (plural ⲁⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ (aphēoui))

(Bohairic) (anatomy) head (part of the body)
(Bohairic) magistrate, headman, chief
- ϯⲟⲩⲉϣ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉⲙⲓ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁⲫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲫⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ϯⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲧⲁⲫⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲙ̀ⲡⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲡⲉ.
  tioueš thēnou eretenemi je taphe ǹrōmi niben pe pkhristos taphe de ǹtishimi peshai pe taphe de m̀pkhristos phnouti pe.
  But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 11
Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 14