ⲣⲁⲧ⸗

Coptic

Picture dictionary

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

ⲗⲉⲧ⸗ (let⸗) — Fayyumic
ⲣⲉⲧ⸗ (ret⸗) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic, Old Coptic
ⲣⲉⲉⲧ⸗ (reet⸗) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic Egyptian rt (“foot”), from Egyptian

(rd, “foot”).

Noun

ⲣⲁⲧ⸗ • (rat⸗) m

(Sahidic, Bohairic) foot
(Sahidic) bottom

Usage notes

Always pronominal.

Synonyms

ⲟⲩⲣⲏⲧⲉ (ourēte)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 140
Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 302