ⲁⲫⲱⲫ

Coptic

Ancient Egyptian art depicting Apep being warded off by a deity. Tomb of pharaoh Ramses I. Thebes West, near 1307 BC.

Etymology

From Demotic ꜥpꜥp, from Egyptian

(ꜥꜣpp, “Apep, Apophis”).

Noun

ⲁⲫⲱⲫ • (aphōph) m (plural ⲁⲫⲱⲫⲓ (aphōphi) or ⲁⲫⲱⲡⲓ (aphōpi))

(Bohairic) giant

Proper noun

ⲡⲓⲀⲫⲱⲫ • (piAphōph) m

(Bohairic) Apophis

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 15
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 21

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