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Question about coptic words

kuscho1kuscho1
edited December 1969 in Coptic Orthodox Church
Does someone knows those words?

For example:  hello - nofri

prayer
incense
money
honey
song
sleep
jump
appearance
lamp
death
write
dictionary
egypt
mary
shoes

God bless you!

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  • kuscho1kuscho1
    Nobody?
  • stmina1stmina1
    Nofri Kuscho1  :)  ok i will try to answer some from any of the coptic hymns/Liturgies and their translation :)
    Hello= Nofri  as you said
    prayer  ~Nitovh, for pray~Procevstasthe  reference ( Prayer for the Gospel) another is evki( Intercessions hymns)
    incense  ~ pistoi nofi (The Seventh Part Semoti)
    money
    honey
    song also sing/praise as well  would be Hos as in Hos Epchoise!  (The Kiahk Hoos )Sing to the Lord a new song
    sleep ~  avenkot (Prayer for the Departed)
    jump
    appearance
    lamp or lampa in arabic would be, lampas coptic originally (The Sherat - Saturday Lobsh)
    death is ~ eth mot (Doxology of Resurrection)
    write
    dictionary
    egypt is  Keme ( Doxology of Lord's Entry into Egypt)
    Mary is Maria  (Shere ne Maria hymn)
    shoes
    ok so there are seven words I didn't get  but hopefully these are helpful  :)
  • dumbegyptian1dumbegyptian1
    I couldn't figure out how to get the coptic font to work on the forum, apologies, if you copy and paste the words in a word document and change the font they should be just fine. 

    prayer - pi`slyl  (pieshleel)
    incense - pi`c;oinoufi  (pi esthoinoofi)
    money - pihomt means copper but refers to money 
    honey - pinyni (pineeni)
    song - `vhwc (efhos)
    sleep - pienkot
    jump -
    appearance - `tparouci`a  (etparoosia)
    lamp - pilampac
    death - `;mwout (ethmo oot)
    write - ]`cqai (tieskhai)
    dictionary
    egypt - ,ymi (keemi)
    mary - Maria
    shoes - pi;wou`i (pitho owi)
  • kuscho1kuscho1
    God bless you guy`s!
  • Khas.
    Can anyone translate those same words into Hieratic or Demotic?
  • RemnkemiRemnkemi
    [quote author=1/21/91 link=topic=13877.msg161969#msg161969 date=1355389847]
    prayer - pi`slyl  (pieshleel)
    incense - pi`c;oinoufi  (pi esthoinoofi)
    money - pihomt means copper but refers to money 
    honey - pinyni (pineeni)
    song - `vhwc (efhos)
    sleep - pienkot
    jump -
    appearance - `tparouci`a  (etparoosia)
    lamp - pilampac
    death - `;mwout (ethmo oot)
    write - ]`cqai (tieskhai)
    dictionary
    egypt - ,ymi (keemi)
    mary - Maria
    shoes - pi;wou`i (pitho owi)

    Nice job StMina1. A few things. Some words you gave the definite article (pi, ti, ni) and some you didn't. I'll give everyone the word itself without the definite article, since it depends on context. I'll put masculine or feminine next to the word.

    prayer - shlel (m).
    incense - esthoinoofi (m)

    money - pihomt means copper but refers to money
    Both tihomt (give bronze) and tihat (give silver) can mean money, there are other words used for money. Beke (m) means reward or money. Areb or reb (m) means deposit of money.  Hat (m) is most often used for money, while Acts 1 uses Evbeke for Judas' "price of wickedness"

    honey - pinyni (pineeni)
    Pineeni means honeycomb, as does molh/moulh (m) which is also means honey wax and jolh (m) means honeycomb. Honey itself is ebiw (m)
    song - hos (m)
    sleep - hynim (m) but enkot can be used although it is awkward.

    jump - noh or nouh (its a verb that means "to shake, set apart or jump". neh (m) as a noun means "what is shaken" or "that which make something shake". It's the closest thing to jump.

    appearance - `tparouci`a  (etparoosia)
    Parousia is a Greek word. The Coptic word is ouwnh (m).

    lamp - pilampac
    Lampas is a Greek word. The Coptic word is lyknia (f).

    death - `;mwout (ethmo oot)
    Death is mou (m). The dead is refmwout (m).

    write - eskhai
    This is a verb. Writing in Coptic is metheskhai (f).

    dictionary - ansaji (m). Literally means "the thing with many words"

    egypt - keemi. Without an article it means Egypt. With a masculine article pikeemi means "Black land" or "Black person". Keemi also means oven, brazier or hearth "thing which makes or burns black".

    mary - Maria
    shoes - pi;wou`i (pitho owi)

    So Minute, So Lonely, So Blue (such a long name. I'm using "SoM,SoL,SoB")m
    Why do you want Hieratic or Demotic? I'm sure if I had enough time and looked up the many Ancient Egyptian dictionaries online, I'll find most of these words. Are you interested in a particular word?
  • Khas.
    [quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=13877.msg162238#msg162238 date=1356542824]
    [quote author=1/21/91 link=topic=13877.msg161969#msg161969 date=1355389847]
    prayer - pi`slyl  (pieshleel)
    incense - pi`c;oinoufi  (pi esthoinoofi)
    money - pihomt means copper but refers to money 
    honey - pinyni (pineeni)
    song - `vhwc (efhos)
    sleep - pienkot
    jump -
    appearance - `tparouci`a  (etparoosia)
    lamp - pilampac
    death - `;mwout (ethmo oot)
    write - ]`cqai (tieskhai)
    dictionary
    egypt - ,ymi (keemi)
    mary - Maria
    shoes - pi;wou`i (pitho owi)

    Nice job StMina1. A few things. Some words you gave the definite article (pi, ti, ni) and some you didn't. I'll give everyone the word itself without the definite article, since it depends on context. I'll put masculine or feminine next to the word.

    prayer - shlel (m).
    incense - esthoinoofi (m)

    money - pihomt means copper but refers to money
    Both tihomt (give bronze) and tihat (give silver) can mean money, there are other words used for money. Beke (m) means reward or money. Areb or reb (m) means deposit of money.  Hat (m) is most often used for money, while Acts 1 uses Evbeke for Judas' "price of wickedness"

    honey - pinyni (pineeni)
    Pineeni means honeycomb, as does molh/moulh (m) which is also means honey wax and jolh (m) means honeycomb. Honey itself is ebiw (m)
    song - hos (m)
    sleep - hynim (m) but enkot can be used although it is awkward.

    jump - noh or nouh (its a verb that means "to shake, set apart or jump". neh (m) as a noun means "what is shaken" or "that which make something shake". It's the closest thing to jump.

    appearance - `tparouci`a  (etparoosia)
    Parousia is a Greek word. The Coptic word is ouwnh (m).

    lamp - pilampac
    Lampas is a Greek word. The Coptic word is lyknia (f).

    death - `;mwout (ethmo oot)
    Death is mou (m). The dead is refmwout (m).

    write - eskhai
    This is a verb. Writing in Coptic is metheskhai (f).

    dictionary - ansaji (m). Literally means "the thing with many words"

    egypt - keemi. Without an article it means Egypt. With a masculine article pikeemi means "Black land" or "Black person". Keemi also means oven, brazier or hearth "thing which makes or burns black".

    mary - Maria
    shoes - pi;wou`i (pitho owi)

    So Minute, So Lonely, So Blue (such a long name. I'm using "SoM,SoL,SoB")m
    Why do you want Hieratic or Demotic? I'm sure if I had enough time and looked up the many Ancient Egyptian dictionaries online, I'll find most of these words. Are you interested in a particular word?


    Yes, Please, if you don't mind. I want it because of heritage.
    Honey, Song, Egypt, Love, Noodles, Work
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