Coptn.

/kɒpt/

Forms: In 1600s–1700s Coptie, Copht(e, -tie.

Etymology: Compare French copte, modern Latin Coptus, Cophtus < Arabic quft, qift collective, ‘the Copts’, with relative adjective quftī, qiftī Coptic, also qubt, qibt with relative adjective qubtī, qibtī, most probably < Coptic gyptios, kyptaios, representing Greek Αἰγύπτιος Egyptian. The Arabic u is in some places pronounced o, and Arabic having no p is obliged to substitute f or b: to the former is owing the early Cophtus. Some have referred the name to Coptos, an ancient city of Upper Egypt, and it is possible that this notion has tended to make Copt the settled form.

a. A native Egyptian Christian belonging to the Jacobite sect of Monophysites.

ΘΚΠ

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Copt1615

Coptite1672

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 109 Of Christians, the natiue Copties are the most in number.

1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. ii. 72 They are termed Cophtes: these are the true Egyptians.

1723 R. Millar Hist. Propagation Christianity II. viii. 368 Turks and Arabians, Christian Greeks and Cophtes.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. iii. 25 Copties, who are circumcised Christians.

1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. Suppl. i. 308 The Copts, at present, compose less than one fourteenth part of the population of Egypt.

b. attributive or adj.

ΚΠ

1635 E. Pagitt Christianogr. (1646) i. 99 The Copt Language.

1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. Suppl. i. 311 The Copt women veil their faces..when any men, excepting their near relations, are present.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	copt
释义	Coptn. /kɒpt/ Forms: In 1600s–1700s Coptie, Copht(e, -tie. Etymology: Compare French copte, modern Latin Coptus, Cophtus < Arabic quft, qift collective, ‘the Copts’, with relative adjective quftī, qiftī Coptic, also qubt, qibt with relative adjective qubtī, qibtī, most probably < Coptic gyptios, kyptaios, representing Greek Αἰγύπτιος Egyptian. The Arabic u is in some places pronounced o, and Arabic having no p is obliged to substitute f or b: to the former is owing the early Cophtus. Some have referred the name to Coptos, an ancient city of Upper Egypt, and it is possible that this notion has tended to make Copt the settled form. a. A native Egyptian Christian belonging to the Jacobite sect of Monophysites. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > major early Christian sects > Monophysitism > [noun] > person > Copt Copt1615 Coptite1672 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 109 Of Christians, the natiue Copties are the most in number. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. ii. 72 They are termed Cophtes: these are the true Egyptians. 1723 R. Millar Hist. Propagation Christianity II. viii. 368 Turks and Arabians, Christian Greeks and Cophtes. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. iii. 25 Copties, who are circumcised Christians. 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. Suppl. i. 308 The Copts, at present, compose less than one fourteenth part of the population of Egypt. b. attributive or adj. ΚΠ 1635 E. Pagitt Christianogr. (1646) i. 99 The Copt Language. 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. Suppl. i. 311 The Copt women veil their faces..when any men, excepting their near relations, are present. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1615
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