Unit 2 Vocabulary

General Vocabulary

Coptic	English	Gender	Irregular Plural
ϩⲱⲃ	thing	M	ϩ̀ⲃⲏⲟⲩⲓ
ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ	every	M/F

Descriptive Nouns

Coptic	English	Gender	Irregular Plural
ⲃⲉⲣⲓ	new
ⲁⲡⲁⲥ	old
ⲛⲓϣϯ	great
ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ	small
ⲥⲁⲃⲉ	wise		ⲥⲁⲃⲉⲩ
ⲥⲁⲃⲏ	wise		ⲥⲁⲃⲉⲩ
ⲥⲟϫ	fool (adj. foolish)

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)

Inflected Adjectives

Coptic	English
̀ⲙⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧ=	only
ⲧⲏⲣ=	all
ϩⲱ=	also
̀ⲙⲙⲓⲛ ̀ⲙⲙⲟ=	own