ⲁⲫⲉ

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Coptic

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Alternative forms

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Egyptian terra cotta head

Etymology

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From Demotic ꜥpt (head), from Egyptian
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(tpt, head), originally from a feminine of the nisba adjective tpj (being on top), itself derived from tp (atop, head).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Old Bohairic) /ʔaˈpʰeʔ/
  • IPA(key): (Late Bohairic) /ʔaˈbaʔ/
  • IPA(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /ˈafe/

Noun

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ⲁⲫⲉ (aphef (plural ⲁⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ (aphēoui))

  1. (Bohairic) (anatomy) head (part of the body)
  2. (Bohairic) magistrate, headman, chief
    • ϯⲟⲩⲉϣ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉⲙⲓ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁⲫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲫⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ϯⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲧⲁⲫⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲙ̀ⲡⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲡⲉ.
      tioueš thēnou eretenemi če taphe ǹrōmi niben pe pkhristos taphe de ǹtishimi peshai pe taphe de m̀pkhristos phnouti pe.
      But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

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