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Coptic Lesson 5 | Definite and Indefinite Article (Patreon)

Published:
2022-10-08 14:59:01
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2022-11-08 17:18:19
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2026-06
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Coptic Lessons Index

Topics covered in this lesson:

• Review 

• Definite Article (m.s.) 

• “and” 

• Indefinite Article 

• Egyptian & Alexandrian

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Coptic Lesson 5

This video was made for my Patreon supporters. • Review • Definite Article (m.s.) • “and” • Indefinite Article • Egyptian & Alexandrian

Comments

Darran MacMaghnusa

This is great stuff! Just a quick question: is the sequence "oⲓ" a diphthong like /ɔɪ/ or is it two monophthongs like /ɔ.i/. I'm guessing the former from how you said ϭoⲓⲥ, but just checking in general.

Luke Amadeus Ranieri

It is a diphthong! My diphthong section earlier was not comprehensive, which was my mistake at the time.

C. P.

Fun fact: ⲙⲉⲧ- comes from 𓌃𓂧𓏏𓀁 'mdt' meaning "speech, matter." Its verb-form 𓌃𓂧𓅱𓀁 'mdw' "to speak, call" also survives as ⲙⲟⲩϯ, and you might have seen 𓊹𓌃 'mdw nTr', meaning "god's speech," the Middle Egyptian term for "Hieroglyphs." Apparently, the use of ⲙⲉⲧ- to form abstract nouns didn't start until the Graeco-Roman period (see Cerny's Coptic Etymology). Your interpretation of ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ as "Egyptianness" makes sense. I used to just take it literally as "the speech of the Egyptians." Interestingly, a Roman was just ⲟⲩ-ⲣⲱⲙⲉⲟⲥ, no ⲣⲉⲙ- used, so Latin was ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲱⲙⲉⲟⲥ. Greek = ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ (from ionic).