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))

1. (Sahidic) cup, drinking vessel

References

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