Lesson 5: Genitive Genitive The Genitive is a preposition that is used to denote possession (i.e. when some noun or pronoun belongs to some other noun or pronoun). In Coptic, the Genitive can be denoted by one of the articles ̀ⲙ or ̀ⲛ, or the preposition ̀ⲛⲧⲉ. Articles ̀ⲙ and ̀ⲛ ̀ⲙ when the possessor noun starts with ⲙ ⲡ ⲃ ⲫ ⲯ. ̀ⲛ in all other cases. Examples: ̀ⲡⲏⲓ ̀ⲙⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ the house of the man ̀ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ̀ⲛϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ the king of the city ̀ⲡⲟⲩⲧⲁϩ ̀ⲙⲡⲓ̀ϣϣⲏⲛ the fruit of the tree ̀ⲙ̀ⲫⲣⲟ ̀ⲙⲡⲓⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲓⲥⲟⲥ the door of the Paradise ̀ⲡϫⲓⲛ̀ⲓ ̀ⲙⲡⲓⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ the coming of Christ ̀ⲡϣⲱⲕ ̀ⲛϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲁⲙⲁ̀ⲟ the depth of the riches ̀ⲑⲛⲉϫⲓ ̀ⲛϯⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ the womb of the Virgin ̀ⲡϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ̀ⲛⲛⲓⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ the pride of the virgins ϯⲑⲉⲟⲧⲟⲕⲓⲁ ̀ⲙ̀ⲡ̀ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ̀ⲙ̀ⲡ̀ⲧⲓⲟⲟⲩ the Theotokia of Thursday Preposition ̀ⲛⲧⲉ ̀ⲛⲧⲉ   The use of ̀ⲛⲧⲉ for the possessive can be used in any situation, but is especially used in the following situations: After an indefinite noun (e.g. ⲟⲩⲃⲱⲕⲓ ̀ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ) Nouns with demonstrative prefixes (ⲡⲁⲓϫⲱⲙ ̀ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ) Nouns with a following modifier (̀ⲡϣⲏⲣⲓ ̀ⲛϭⲁⲗⲉ ̀ⲛⲧⲉ ̀ⲫⲣⲱⲙⲓ) Examples: ⲟⲩⲃⲱⲕⲓ ̀ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ a servant (f.) of God ⲡⲁⲓϫⲱⲙ ̀ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ this book of my brother ̀ⲡϣⲏⲣⲓ ̀ⲛϭⲁⲗⲉ ̀ⲛⲧⲉ ̀ⲫⲣⲱⲙⲓ the lame son of the man ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ ̀ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲕⲓⲟϯ I am the God of your fathers ⲡⲓⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ ̀ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫⲓⲱⲧ the Logos of the Father ̀ⲡϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ̀ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲅⲉⲛⲟⲥ the pride of our race Pronominal Possessor ̀ⲛⲧ=   The pronominal form of the preposition ̀ⲛⲧⲉ is ̀ⲛⲧ= 1st Person S My ̀ⲛⲧⲏⲓ 2nd Person M Your (m.) ̀ⲛⲧⲁⲕ 2nd Person F Your (f.) ̀ⲛⲧⲉ 3rd Person M His ̀ⲛⲧⲁϥ 3rd Person F Her ̀ⲛⲧⲁⲥ 1st Person P Our ̀ⲛⲧⲁⲛ 2nd Person P Your (p.) ̀ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲉⲛ 3rd Person P Their ̀ⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩ Examples: ⲟⲩⲃⲱⲕ ̀ⲛⲧⲁⲕ a servant of yours ⲡⲁⲓϫⲱⲙ ̀ⲛⲧⲁϥ this book of his ϣⲟⲙⲧ ̀ⲛϣⲏⲣⲓ ̀ⲛⲧⲁⲥ three sons of hers Possessive Pronouns These pronouns are used in place of a possessive noun ("My ") English m. Object f. Object p. Object 1st Person S Mine ⲫⲱⲓ ⲑⲱⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲓ 2nd Person M Yours (m.) ⲫⲱⲕ ⲑⲱⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲕ 2nd Person F Yours (f.) ⲫⲱ ⲑⲱ ⲛⲟⲩ 3rd Person M His ⲫⲱϥ ⲑⲱϥ ⲛⲟⲩϥ 3rd Person F Hers ⲫⲱⲥ ⲑⲱⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲥ 1st Person P Ours ⲫⲱⲛ ⲑⲱⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲛ 2nd Person P Yours (p.) ⲫⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲑⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ 3rd Person P Theirs ⲫⲱⲟⲩ ⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲩ Examples: ⲑⲱⲕ ⲧⲉ ϯϫⲟⲙ Yours is the power ⲫⲱⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲧⲏⲣϥ Yours is all the earth ⲫⲱⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲓⲱⲟⲩ ϣⲁ ⲛⲓⲉⲛⲉϩ Yours is the glory forever ⲡⲁⲓϫⲟⲓ ⲫⲱϥ ⲡⲉ this ship is his Exercises Exercise 1: Translate to Coptic Translate the following into Coptic: Exercise 2: Translate to English Translate the following phrases into English: Resources "A Study in Bohairic Coptic" by Nabil Matar; p424 See Moawad Daoud Lesson  See Sameh Younan page  in the PDF ACTS 2990 Introduction to the Coptic Language (Bohairic) with Hany Takla Lesson