This is a small collection of Coptic words and expressions that I have used in ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛ̀ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ that do not already exist. These are mostly words for concepts invented after the disappearance of the language such as those to do with computers and the internet. Since there is no standard vocabulary for such words, these are my own neologisms. ⲁⲣⲓⲱϥⲓ v. imp. = ⲁⲣⲓ- v. imp. 'to do' + ⲱϥⲓ v. inf. 'press' = click (link) ⲗⲱⲟⲩ n. m. ‘link’ = (web) link ⲙⲁⲛ̀ⲛⲁⲧ n. m. = ⲙⲁ n. m. ‘place’ + ⲛ̀̀ gen. ‘of’ + ⲛⲁⲧ n. m. ‘web’ = website ⲟⲩⲧⲉϣⲛⲉ (abbreviated ϣⲛⲉ) n. m. = ⲟⲩⲧⲉ- prep. ‘between’ + ϣⲛⲉ n. m. ‘net’ = internet ϩⲟ ⲛ̀ⲛⲁⲧ (abbreviated ϩⲟ) = ϩⲟ n. m. 'face, page1' + ⲛ̀ gen. 'of' + ⲛⲁⲧ n. m. 'web' = webpage Notes 1. The usage of ϩⲟ to mean 'page' is derived from a book by Monir Barsoum called ϣⲉ ⲛ̀ϩⲟ ⲉⲑⲃⲏⲧⲕ = One Hundred Pages For You (Cairo: 1961). This page was last modified 13/9/2008 |