ḏbꜥ

Dba (canonical)
ḏbꜥ (masculine singular)

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲧⲃⲁ (tba)

Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲃⲁ (thba)

Fayyumic Coptic: ⲧⲃⲉ (tbe)

Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲧⲃⲁ (tba)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲃⲁ (tba)

Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE


wꜥ

Demotic: wꜥ

desc

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉ (oue), (interrogative) ⲱ (ō), (interrogative) ⲟ (o)

Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁⲓ (ouai), (interrogative) ⲟⲩ (ou)

Fayyumic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉⲉⲓ (oueei), ⲟⲩⲉ (oue), ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲉⲓ (ouaiei), (interrogative) ⲟⲩⲛ (oun)

Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉⲉⲓ (oueei), ⲟⲩⲉⲓ (ouei), ⲟⲩⲉⲉ (ouee), ⲟⲩⲉ (oue), (interrogative) ⲉⲩ (eu)

Old Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉ (oue), ⲟⲩⲁⲓ (ouai), (interrogative) ⲟⲩ (ou)

Coptic Dialect P: ⲟⲩⲓ̈ (ouï)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁ (oua), (interrogative) ⲟⲩ (ou)

Formed as if the perfective active participle of wꜥj (“to be(come) alone”), although possibly the verb may be derived from the numeral instead.


snwj

snwj (dual masculine)
sntj (dual feminine)

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲟ (sno), ⲥⲛⲉⲩ (sneu), ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snau)

Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snau)

Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲉⲩ (sneu), ⲥⲛⲉⲟⲩ (sneou)

Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲛⲉⲩ (sneu)

Old Coptic: ⲥⲛⲉⲟⲩ (sneou), ⲥⲛⲁⲟⲩ (snaou)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snau), ⲥⲛⲁⲁⲩ (snaau)

Suffixed with -wj (dual ending). The root sn- is likely the same root found in sn (“brother”). Compare it also with Proto-Semitic *ṯin- and Central Atlas Tamazight ⵙⵉⵏ (sin).


ḫmtw

ḫmtw (masculine singular)
ḫmtt (feminine singular)

Demotic: ḫmtw

Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲁⲙⲧ (xamt)

Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲟⲙⲧ (šomt)

Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲁⲙⲧ (šamt)

Lycopolitan Coptic: ϣⲁⲙⲧ (šamt)

Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ (šomnt), ϣⲉⲙⲛⲧ (šemnt), ϣⲙⲛⲧ (šmnt), ϣⲟⲙⲧ (šomt)


ḫmnw

ḫmnw (masculine singular)
ḫmnt (feminine singular)

ḫmnyw

Ogdoad — the group of eight gods worshipped at Hermopolis


jfdw

jfdw (masculine singular)
jfdt (feminine singular)

Akhmimic Coptic: ϥⲧⲁⲩ (ftau)

Bohairic Coptic: ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ (ftoou)

Lycopolitan Coptic: ϥⲧⲁⲩ (ftau)

Sahidic Coptic: ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ (ftoou), ⲃⲧⲟⲟⲩ (btoou)

Compare Hausa huɗu, Beja faɖiɡ and Bidiyo paɗaŋ.


djw

djw (masculine singular)
djt (feminine singular)

Coptic: ϯⲟⲩ (tiou), ⲧⲓⲟⲩ (tiou)


sjsw

sjsw (masculine singular)
sjst (feminine singular)

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲁⲩ (sau)

Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲟⲟⲩ (soou)

Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲁⲩ (sau)

Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲁⲩ (sau)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲟⲟⲩ (soou)

Compare Proto-Semitic *šidṯum, Central Atlas Tamazight ⵙⴹⵉⵙ (sḍis), Hausa shidà, and Awngi ሴድዛ (sedza, “four”).


sfḫw

sfḫw (masculine singular)
sfḫt (feminine singular)

Coptic:

Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲁϣϥ (šašf)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁϣϥ (sašf)

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲁⳉϥ (saxf)

Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲉϣⲃ (šešb)

Sometimes considered to be cognate with Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-, from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ (“seven”). However, the correspondences are problematic and have been challenged.


psḏw

psḏw (masculine singular)
psḏt (feminine singular)

Coptic: ⲯⲓⲧ (psit)


mḏw

mḏw (masculine singular)
mḏt (feminine singular)

Coptic: ⲙⲏⲧ (mēt)

Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic. Compare Proto-Berber *măraw (whence Central Atlas Tamazight ⵎⵔⴰⵡ (mraw)) and Proto-Chadic *gʷam- (with metathesis, if not borrowed from Niger-Congo), whence Hausa gōmà.


mḏwtj

mḏwtj (masculine singular)
mḏwtt (feminine singular)

Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲟⲩⲧ (čout), ϫⲱⲧ (čōt)

Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲟⲩⲱⲧ (čouōt)

mḏw (“ten”) + -tj (feminine dual ending).


mꜥbꜣ

mꜥbꜣ (masculine singular)
mꜥbꜣt (feminine singular)


ḥmw

Akhmimic Coptic: ϩⲙⲉ (hme)

Bohairic Coptic: ϩⲙⲉ (hme), ϩⲙ (hm)

Lycopolitan Coptic: ϩⲙⲉ (hme)

Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲙⲉ (hme)


št

Coptic: ϣⲉ (še)


štj

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ꜥḥꜥ.n(.j) rdj.kw r šmsw sꜣḥ.kw m štj tpw

c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 177–179

Then I was appointed as a retainer and endowed with two hundred servants (literally, “heads”).


ḫꜣ

Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲟ (xo)

Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲟ (šo)

Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲁ (ša)

Lycopolitan Coptic: ϣⲟ (šo)

Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲟ (šo)

ḫꜣ-tꜣ

a decaroura, a measure of area equivalent to 2.76 hectare.


ḥḥ

Coptic: ϩⲁϩ (hah)

[Greco-Roman Period, occasionally earlier]


psḏt

Bohairic Coptic: ⲯⲓϯ (psiti)

desc

Sahidic Coptic: ⲯⲓⲥⲉ (psise), ⲯⲓⲧⲉ (psite)