Lesson 2: Compound Nouns (ⲙⲉⲧ-, ⲣⲉϥ-, ⲣⲉⲙ-)

AttributiveCompound ConstructionNouns

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ⲙⲉⲧ-

ⲣⲉϥ-

ⲣⲉⲙ-

Examples:

ⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ̀ⲙⲃⲉⲣⲓ	New Testament
ⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ̀ⲛⲁⲡⲁⲥ	Old Testament
ϯϣⲟⲩⲣⲏ ̀ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃ	The golden censer (the censer of gold)

Exercises

Exercise 1: Translate to Coptic

Translate the following into Coptic:

1. 
   

Exercise 2: Translate to English

Translate the following phrases into English:

1. ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ̀ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ

Resources

"A Study in Bohairic Coptic" by Nabil Matar; p

See Moawad Daoud Lesson 

See Sameh Younan page in the PDF

ACTS 2990 Introduction to the Coptic Language (Bohairic) with Hany Takla Lesson