ⲁⲫⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Egyptian terra cotta head

• ⲁⲡⲉ (ape) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic 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))

1. (Bohairic) (anatomy) head (part of the body)
2. (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 če 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