ⲁⲡⲁ
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "apa"
Coptic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A nativized borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אַבָּא (ʾabbā, “father”).
Noun[edit]
ⲁⲡⲁ • (apa) m (feminine ⲁⲙⲁ (ama), plural ⲁⲡⲁ (apa))
Descendants[edit]
- → Egyptian Arabic: أنبا (ʔamba) (from variant pronunciations of the form ⲁⲃⲃⲁ (abba))
- → English: apa
References[edit]
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 13
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 11