Unit 1 Vocabulary

General Nouns

Coptic	English	Gender	Irregular Plural
ⲕⲁϩⲓ	earth/land	M
ⲫⲉ	sky/heaven	F	ⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ
ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ	day	M
ⲉϫⲱⲣϩ	night	M
ϩⲱⲃ	thing	M	ϩ̀ⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ
ⲣⲁⲛ	name	M

People Vocabulary

Coptic	English	Gender	Irregular Plural
ⲣⲱⲙⲓ	man	M
̀ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ	woman	F	ϩⲓⲟⲙⲓ
ⲁ̀ⲗⲟⲩ	child (boy/girl)	M/F	ⲁⲗⲱⲟⲩⲓ
ⲓⲱⲧ	father	M	ⲓⲟϯ
ⲙⲁⲩ	mother	F
ⲥⲟⲛ	brother	M	̀ⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ
ⲥⲱⲛⲓ	sister	F	̀ⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ
ϣⲏⲣⲓ	son	M
ϣⲉⲣⲓ	daughter	F
ϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ	elder (m.)	M	ϧⲉⲗⲗⲟⲓ
ϧⲉⲗⲗⲱ	elder (f.)	F	ϧⲉⲗⲗⲟⲓ
ⲟⲩⲣⲟ	king	M	ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲟⲩ
ⲟⲩⲣⲱ	queen	F
ⲛⲏⲃ	master	M/F
ϭⲟⲓⲥ	lord/lady	M/F
ⲟⲩⲏⲃ	priest	M
̀ϣⲫⲏⲣ	friend (m.)	M
̀ϣⲫⲉⲣⲓ	friend (f.)	F

Body Parts

Coptic	English	Gender	Irregular Plural
̀ⲁⲫⲉ	head	F	ⲁⲫⲏⲟ̀ⲩⲓ
ϫⲓϫ	hand	F
ⲃⲁⲗ	eye	M
ⲣⲱ	mouth	M	ⲣⲱⲟⲩ
ⲙⲁϣϫ	ear	M
ϣⲁⲓ	nose	M
ⲗⲁⲥ	tongue	M
ⲛⲁϫϩⲓ	tooth	F
ⲛⲁϩⲃⲓ	neck	F
ⲁⲙⲏⲣ	arm	M
ⲯⲩⲭⲏ	soul	F (Greek)
ⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ	spirit	M (Greek)

Church Vocabulary

Coptic	English	Gender	Irregular Plural
ⲛⲟⲩϯ	god	M
̀ⲧⲣⲓⲁⲥ	Trinity	F
ⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ	church	F
ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ	cross	M
̀ϣⲕⲉⲗⲕⲏⲗ	bell	M
̀ⲥⲕⲏⲛⲏ	dome	F
ⲗⲩⲭⲛⲓⲁ	tower	F
ϣⲟⲩⲣⲏ	censer	F
ⲥⲱⲙⲁ	body	M
̀ⲥⲛⲟϥ	blood	M
ⲱⲓⲕ	bread	M
̀ⲁⲫⲟⲧ	cup/chalice	FM

General Vocabulary

Coptic	English
ⲛⲉⲙ	and/with
ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ	What is your (m.) name?
ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲣⲁⲛ	What is your (f.) name?
ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ...	My name is...
ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ	Hello
ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ	Goodbye
ⲛⲁⲛⲉ ⲧⲟⲟⲩ̀ⲓ	Good morning
ⲛⲁⲛⲉ ⲣⲟⲩϩⲓ	Good evening
ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ ̀ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ	Good day
ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ ̀ⲉϫⲱⲣϩ	Good night