ⲁⲡⲟⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Egyptian feeding cup

ⲁⲡⲁⲧ (apat) — Fayyumic
ⲁⲫⲟⲧ (aphot) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic jpt (“chalice”), from Egyptian

(jpt, “cup”),

(jpd).

Noun

ⲁⲡⲟⲧ • (apot) m (plural ⲁⲡⲏⲧ (apēt))

(Sahidic) cup, drinking vessel

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 11

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