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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Vsauce with a handy tool which tells you how to say hello in Coptic (ⲧⲁⲓⲉ̀ⲙⲟⲩϯ actually means vb. to greet or n. greeting) and other dead languages

Screenshot from Vsauce short showing how to say hello in a list of dead languages, including Coptic (Taiemouti)

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

NEW: Egypt By Three (1953) – Coptic church in film Discover the 1953 film "Egypt by Three," an American movie shot in the Church of St. Mercurius (ʾAbū Sayfayn) in Old Cairo.

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Egypt By Three (1953) - Coptic church in film • The Coptist

Discover the 1953 film "Egypt by Three," an American movie shot in the Church of St. Mercurius (ʾAbū Sayfayn) in Old Cairo.

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

📖😍🐍 I am absolutely thrilled to announce that my edited volume "The Nile Delta: Histories from Antiquity to the Modern Period" is now available in paperback AND at a 20% discount on CUP's website! 🎊

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Sarah Parkhouse @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Research Associate – Coptic in Manchester (UKRI):John Rylands Library

Key collaborators are the Coptic Church in Stockport, Manchester, and the Coptic Church in Llandudno, Wales. The project has an extensive and international advisory board. A PDRA seeking an academic career may find the balance between traditional research and co-creation appealing.

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

NEW: Read in Coptic: The Tower of Babel Read the story of The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9), which might be titled ⲡⲓⲡⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲟⲛ, in Coptic with translation, grammatical notes and discussion.

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Read in Coptic: The Tower of Babel • The Coptist

Read Genesis 11:1-9 in Coptic, featuring the story of The Tower of Babel (ⲡⲓⲡⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ), including an English translation and notes.

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ⲉⲓⲕⲟⲛ @touskonkouda.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Nubian-Coptic ostracan Nubian Coptic ⲁⲡⲉⲛⲧⲓ ⲃⲩⲛⲉ "date" /apenti/ ⲉⲣⲡⲉⲕⲉ ⲏⲣⲡ "wine" /erpeke/ ⲁⲥⲕⲟⲩ ⲡⲟⲉⲓⲕ "bread" /asku/ ⲉ̄ⲧⲧⲱ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ "water" /ettō/ * Database of Medieval Nubian Texts (DBMNT) Text 1148 www.dbmnt.uw.edu.pl/texts/1148/

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

The Coptist: Digitised Bibliography of Crum’s “List of Abbreviations” A new resource for users of Crum’s A Coptic Dictionary - a digitised compendium of the works listed in his “List of Abbreviations” with links to digitised versions of the editions Crum consulted. www.coptist.com/2025/07/30/d...

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Digitised bibliography of Crum's "List of Abbreviations" • The Coptist

A digitised version of Walter E. Crum's "List of Abbreviations" for his Coptic Dictionary (1939) with links to the original sources he cites.

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

The Coptist: How to talk about age in Coptic Do you know how to ask “How old are you?” and respond with “I am X years old” in natural, idiomatic Coptic? In this post, we’ll find out with the help of examples from literature. We’ll also talk about the grammar behind these expressions.

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How to talk about age in Coptic • The Coptist

We discuss how to ask "How old are you?" and reply "I am X years old" in idiomatic Coptic, plus grammar and illustrations from literature.

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Ola Wikander @olawikander.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

There it is, finally - #12, in which I discuss how one reconstructs the pronunciations of dead languages! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnDM...

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Reconstructing the pronunciations of dead languages - Ola Wikander's Banal Yet Awesome #12

YouTube video by Ola Wikander – [Baalcycle]

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

This Coptic word Sah. ⲧⲛ︤ϩ︥ and Boh. ⲧⲉⲛϩ 'wing (of flying creature)' has a nice doublet in Sah. ϫⲛⲁϩ and Boh. ϭⲛⲁϩ 'forearm' with preserved affricate (or palatal).

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

ⲧⲣⲟⲫⲁⲩⲉ: a rare example of a Greek-origin word (sg. ⲧⲣⲟⲫⲏ < τροφή) in Coptic taking the Egyptian morphological plural ending (-ⲁⲩⲉ) in the plural; cf. Sah. sg. ⲯⲩⲭⲏ (< ψυχή) and pl. ⲯⲩⲭⲟⲟⲩⲉ.

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Body-related vocab in Coptic (Sah) from a body-focused section of the Apocryphon of John (NH II 15,5-11), for the lexically curious:

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Greg Given @greggiven.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The list of instructors for the advanced course is bananas. Powerhouse! www.copticsummerschool.org/coptic-advan...

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Coptic Summer School - Coptic Advanced

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

NEW from The Coptic: Calming the Storm is a well-known story recorded in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In Coptic, it is called ⲡⲓϫⲓⲛⲉⲣⲉ̀ⲡⲓⲧⲓⲙⲁⲛ ⲛ̀ⲛⲓⲑⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙⲫⲓⲟⲙ “The Rebuking of the Winds and the Sea”. Here is the Bohairic text from Matthew 8:23-27 with translation and notes.

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Read in Coptic: Calming the storm • The Coptist

Read in Coptic from Matthew 8:23–27, featuring the story of Jesus Calming the Storm. Includes an English translation and notes.

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Does anyone know what the (presumably Greek) character at the bottom right corner of this leaf is? Or read the back-to-front Arabic label just above it?

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Acts 13:4–12 tells the story of the Holy Spirit calling Barnabas and Saul (also known as Paul) from Antioch to embark on a mission to Cyprus. There, they encounter a magician named Bar-Jesus—also called Elymas—who opposes their work. Let’s read the story in Coptic…

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Read in Coptic: Elymas struck blind • The Coptist

Read in Coptic the story in Acts 13:4-12 of how Elymas the magician was struck blind with translation and notes.

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

In Coptic, ⲟⲩⲓⲥⲓ /ˈwi.si/ (Bohairic) is a likely cognate of this Semitic word, representing the infinitive 'to saw' < Egyptian wsj. Interestingly, the corresponding noun is ⲃⲁϣⲟⲩⲣ /βaˈʃur/ (Boh.), likely borrowed back into Egyptian from a Semitic source (cf. Arabic مِنْشَار minšār, Hebrew מַשּׂוֹר maśśōr).

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Lin, Chia-Wei @chiaweilin.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

German Sack, French sac, Italian sacco 'sack, bag' are borrowed from Ancient Greek σάκκος via Latin saccus. Greek σάκκος is itself a Semitic loanword, cf. Akkadian saqqu 'sack(cloth)', Hebrew שַׂק śaq 'sack(cloth)'. 📷: Rafal Rosol (2013) Frühe semitische Lehnwörter im Griechischen.

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

how to say "angry laughter" in Coptic, from Manich. Hom. (ed. Pedersen) 46.10-11 😤 😆 ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁⲡⲣ̅ⲣⲟ ⲓ̈ⲁⲣϩϥ ⲁⲡϥϩⲟ ⲛⲟⲩⲧϥ ϩⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲥⲱⲃⲉ ⲛ̅ⲃⲗⲕⲉ right when the king noticed him, his face relaxed into an angry laugh

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Dr Louise O'Brien @egypto-lou-gist.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The panels started life as pieces of imported limewood - the best timber for the job as it's easy to split into thin panels, quite flexible, and generally isn't susceptible to insect attack. Other woods were used, with sycomore fig (a native wood), oak, cedar of Lebanon, and fir all providing... 1/

Mummy portrait panel of a priest, showing him as a mature man with short curly hair and a thick beard, wearing a silver band across his brow with a gold seven pointed start in the centre. He has small close set eyes, and wears a white tunic and mantle with the mantle draped over his left shoulder, and a red clavus stripe at his right.

Portrait panel of a young nude man, with prominent lips, a dimple on his chin, and thick curly black hair. The painting itself is smoother than the other examples.

Portrait panel of a woman with deep set eyes, wearing her dark hair piled atop her head with a central parting. She wears pearl earrings of two pearls connected with a gold bar, a necklace of green oblong stones, a dark purple tunic with a black strip with gold embroidery across the top, and is draped with a pink/purple mantle around her shoulders.

Portrait of a person of unknown sex. They have short dark hair with a fringe similar of that of Emperor Trajan, and wear a choker or necklace of grey cord with a circular pendant in the centre.

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

NEW from The Coptist: Why Is Coptic Christmas Celebrated on 7 January? This article explores the history behind the celebration of the Nativity in the early Church, why it is celebrated on 7 January in the Coptic Church and the effect of the leap year on its date.

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Why is Coptic Christmas celebrated on 7 January? • The Coptist

Why does the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrate Christmas, or the Nativity, on 7 January according to the Gregorian calendar? Let's find out...

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Is there a known Amazigh etymon for the ethnonym Pyd "Libya(n)" first attested in Egyptian sources from the 22nd Dynasty (Coptic: ⲡⲁⲓⲁⲧ/ⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ)? The same word is attested in Old Persian Putāya, and Hebrew Pūṭ. The TLA suggest a connection with Egyptian root √pḏ "to stretch" tla.digital/lemma/881117

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Northern dialects show regressive assimilation by palalatalisation, e.g. Bohairic ϣⲁϣⲓ† [ˈʃa.ʃɪ] vs Sahidic ⲥⲁϣⲉ† [ˈsa.ʃə] < sḫw

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@copticscript.bsky.social @copticscript.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

We are proud to announce our latest release of richly annotated textual data! Our corpora now have over 2 million words, annotated for part of speech, syntax, entitites, and much much more +

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New Corpora Release 6.0.0

Searching for Greek loanwords in Bohairic Habakkuk We are pleased to announce the release of version 6.0.0 of Coptic Scriptorium! Our corpus has been dramatically expanded in this release, now exce…

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I've always found this glyph of a pelican (I think) very amusing in Westendorf's Koptisches Handwörterbuch (2ed, 1977, p. 370). I assume it had to be designed specially by the printer hence its peculiar appearance. It looks like it is meant to represent hieroglyph G207, shown here from the TLA

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Jenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

For those who didn't know me from twitter, hello! I originally joined as a way to promote my blog, Papyrus Stories. Here's a brief list of some posts, showing the range of contributions. 1. All time most viewed post (ca. 27k views): Spell to attract a woman. papyrus-stories.com/2020/02/14/s...

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Spell to Attract a Woman

Jennifer Cromwell “For a woman’s love: a really effective charm.You should write these things on a tin sheet.” So begins the text of a Coptic magical spell from the 6th/7th century. The …

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Reminds me of Coptic ϭⲁ(ⲁ)ϭⲉ & vars. (Sah.) 'kind of loaf, cake' < Demotic kꜥkꜥ(.t)/gꜥgꜥ(.t) 'bread, cake' but no earlier (but cf. ꜥkk 'bread' from 18th dyn.); often claimed to be the source of Egy. Arabic كيكة. However, given this Akkadian word, may ultimately be a Semitic loan @moudhy.bsky.social

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kꜥkꜥ(.t) (Lemma ID d6539)

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

ⲁ̀ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲏ < ἀπαρχή ‘first-fruits’ #Coptic

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Huw TD @huwtd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I wonder if there is also a parallel with the beginning of Onchsheshonqy, in which the protagonist writes his instruction on ostraca...

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ⲉⲓⲕⲟⲛ @touskonkouda.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Cf. #Nobiin ⲥⲟⲡⲉⲉ (sobē); #Andaandi / #Matokki ⲥⲁⲡⲉⲉ (sabē); #OldNubian: ⲥⲁⲩⲁ̄ⲧⲁⲛ = 'wall' #OldNubian ⲇⲓⳟⲁⲣⲟⲗⲅⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲥⲁⲩⲁ̄ⲧⲁⲛⲁⲗⲱ (πολεμουμένων τεῖχος) Source: Stauros-Text (St): 1983e, ’Griffith’s Stauros-Text’

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

A scribal note in the upper margin of #Bohairic MS Vat. copt. 59 163v in a very cursive hand, very similar to Greek cursive (save the #Coptic letter ϯ): + φϯ ναι νηι αμην + + ⲫϯ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲁⲙⲏⲛ + "God have mercy on me, amen" digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat...

A scribal note in the upper margin of #Bohairic MS Vat. copt. 59 163v (https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.copt.59)

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

In a colophon from a #Coptic manuscript copied at Touton (ancient Tebtunis) in a world chronology is a rare reference to the #Abbasids as "the Black Ones": ... ϫⲓⲛⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ϣⲁⲧⲉⲛⲉⲕⲁⲙⲁⲩⲉⲓ ⲉⲓ ⲉ̇ⲕⲏⲙⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉⲧⲫⲟⲣⲉⲓ ⲛ̇ⲛⲉⲕⲁⲙⲏⲛⲉ ⲯ̅ⲙ̅ⲏ̅ ⲛ̇ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉⲛⲉ ⲕⲩⲕⲗⲟⲥ ⲙ̅ⲑ̅ ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲓ̅ⲅ̅... ϫⲓⲛⲁⲇⲁⲙ ϣⲁⲛⲉⲕⲁⲙⲁⲩⲉⲓ ⲕⲩⲗⲟⲥ ⲩ̅ⲓ̅ⲋ̅ ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲏ̅...

Colophon from BNF copte 132 (1) fol. 67r [Lanschoot, 1929, no. LI] ( https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52506755c/f139.item.r=%22copte%20132%20(1)%22 )

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

#Coptic proverb Apa Anoub (ⲁ̀ⲡⲁ ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲩⲃ) says to Armenius the governor of Alexandria in defiance: ϣⲁⲣⲉⲟⲩⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲣⲁϣⲟⲩⲥⲁⲃⲉ ⲡⲓⲥⲟϫⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲑⲟϥ ϣⲁⲕϯⲥⲃⲱ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲕⲧⲟⲙⲃⲉⲗϫ ⲉ̀ⲃⲉⲗϫ "A word suffices for a wise man but the fool, for his part, you teach him by joining potsherd to potsherd." - The Martyrdom of Apa Anoub

Potsherds from Abu Ballas, Western Desert, Egypt. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AbuBallasJars.jpg

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

#Coptic wotd Bohairic forms: Sg. ⲥⲟⲃⲧ /sɔβt/ [sɔbt] Pl. ⲥⲉⲃⲑⲁⲓⲟⲩ /sɛβˈta.ju/ [səbˈtʰa.jʊ] = wall or fence around a town < sbtï (wall, fortification); Demotic sbt (wall) > as element in placenames: ψωβθις, ψεβτ- in Greek and صفط in Arabic

Buhen fortress, probably constructed in the 12th dynasty (c. 1860 BC), to guard against incursions from the south. Source: https://madainproject.com/buhen_fortress

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

[ponx ʊ.t͡ʃɪnˈko.tɪ.pə ʃɐʊ̯ˈhɛi̯ n̩.t͡ʃə.nɪʃˈʃen] Uncertain what the exact qualities of the diphthongs are and whether ϣϣⲏⲛ should be interpreted as /ʃ̩ˈʃen/ or /ʃːen/. #Coptic IPA

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Has anyone looked into the high frequency of vowels surfacing as ⲟⲩ in #Coptic in originally Semitic loans into Egyptian? ⲟⲩ is uncommon in autochthonous vocabulary (where not following ⲙ/ⲛ); though there are exceptions like ϧⲟⲩⲛ 'inward' and ⲣⲟⲩϩⲓ 'evening'.

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

ⲡⲱⲛϧ ⲟⲩϫⲓⲛⲕⲱϯ‿ⲡⲉ ϣⲁⲩϩⲉⲓ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ‿ⲛⲓϣϣⲏⲛ ϧⲉⲛ‿ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ #Coptic

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

A #Coptic scribal note at the end of the #Bohairic Life of Abba John Khame (MS Vat. copt. LX f. 125r): ⲟⲩⲛⲁⲓ ⲙ̇ⲫⲏⲉⲧⲥϧⲁⲓ ⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲙ̇ⲫⲏⲉⲧⲱϣ ⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲁϯ ⲙ̇ⲫⲏⲉⲧⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲁⲙⲏⲛ "Mercy to he who writes, amen; Peace to he who reads, amen; Understanding to he who hears, amen." digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat...

A scribal note in #Coptic at the end of the Bohairic Life of Abba John Khame (MS Vat. copt. LX f. 125r): "Mercy to he who writes, amen; Peace to he who reads, amen; Understanding to he who hears, amen."

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Dan Batovici @danbatovici.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Bit of an update/introduction: I recently relocated to Vienna from Leuven to start a 5-year team project on the followers of the apostles as literary characters, and I’m pretty thrilled to announce that it is all now in full swing! Check out the website: genaut.univie.ac.at/

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

#Bohairic answer: ⲡⲓⲱⲥϧ-ⲙⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ-ⲡⲉ ⲛⲓⲉⲣⲅⲁⲧⲏⲥ-ⲇⲉ ϩⲁⲛⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ-ⲛⲉ

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

#Coptic wotd B. ⲗⲟⲩⲕⲟϫⲓ; S. ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕⲟⲧⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ; F. ⲗⲉⲕⲱⲧⲥⲓ (& many vars.) n. f. < Gk. ὁλοκόττινος (lit. "entirely cooked/purified"), the name for the gold solidus of the Late Roman Empire, first minted c. 300 AD. Known later in Arabic as the ﺩﻳﻨﺎﺭ ذهب "gold dinar," starting with the Umayyads. 1/5

A rare solidus/ὁλοκόττινος minted at Alexandria under Justinian I; source: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=325236

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Bohairic #Coptic wotd ⲛⲁϣⲡⲏⲣⲓ n. masc. "scarecrow" or more precisely "scare-quail" The word consists of ⲛⲁϣⲡ-, the participle of vb. ⲛⲟⲩϣⲡ 'to blow (of wind)'; 'to agitate, frighten, overawe,' and ⲡⲏⲣⲓ n. masc. 'quail' with one of the ⲡs dropped (so for *ⲛⲁϣⲡⲡⲏⲣⲓ lit. "quail frightener"). 1/2

A modern Egyptian scarecrows or "scare-quail" in the garb of a fellah

A quail from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Brown_Quail.jpg/640px-Brown_Quail.jpg

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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Dayr Anbā Maqār is one of the oldest active Coptic monasteries in Egypt, founded in the 4th century CE. HMML is digitizing its manuscript collection, which bears witness to a vibrant, cosmopolitan Copto-Arabic culture that flourished from the Middle Ages to the modern era: hmml.org/stories/wher...

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Where We’re Working: Dayr Anbā Maqār, Egypt

“The Monastery of Saint Macarius is one of the oldest active Coptic monasteries in Egypt.”

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Bohairic #Coptic grammar: nominal sentence 1st person: * ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲕ-ⲟⲩⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ "I am (an) Egyptian" * ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲛ-ϩⲁⲛⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ "We are Egyptian(s)" 2nd person: * ⲛ̀ⲑⲟⲕ-ⲟⲩⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ "You [s.m.] are (an) Egyptian" * ⲛ̀ⲑⲟ-ⲟⲩⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ "You [s.f.] are (an) Egyptian" * ⲛ̀ⲑⲱⲧⲉⲛ-ϩⲁⲛⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ "You [p.] are Egyptian(s)" 1/2

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Bohairic #Coptic wotd ⲧⲁⲓⲟ̀ (ⲧⲁⲓⲉ̀-/ⲧⲁⲓⲟ̀⸗) vb. to honour, pay respect to, adorn ⲧⲁⲓⲏ̀ⲟⲩⲧ stative vb. to be honoured, excellent, precious ⲧⲁⲓⲟ̀ n. m. honour, praise; gift Derivatives: ⲧⲁⲓⲉ̀-ⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉ̀-/ⲉ̀ⲣⲟ⸗ vb. to greet (deferentially); n. greeting ⲙⲁⲓ-ⲧⲁⲓⲟ̀ n./adj. ambitious (honour-loving) 1/2

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ⲁⲙⲃⲣⲟⲥⲓⲟⲥ 𓏞 @pisakho.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲕ‿ⲟⲩⲃⲉⲣⲓ ⲙ̀ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ #Coptic

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