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Sahidic in a sentence
Sahidic meaning
A Coptic dialect that was spoken in southern Egypt.
Using Sahidic
- The main meaning on this page is: A Coptic dialect that was spoken in southern Egypt.
- In the example corpus, sahidic often appears in combinations such as: in sahidic.
Context around Sahidic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sahidic
- In this selection, "sahidic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dialect, syllable and coptic stand out and add context to how "sahidic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include example both sahidic and bohairic and i e sahidic ⲧⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ bohairic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sahidic" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sahidic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In Sahidic, syllable boundary may have been marked by a supralinear stroke. (12 words)
The following chart shows the consonants that are represented in Sahidic Coptic orthography. (13 words)
However, it was not until Shenoute that Coptic became a fully standardized literary language based on the Sahidic dialect. (19 words)
Hence it is unclear why the word should have entered Arabic with an initial t, which would have required the word to be grammatically feminine (i.e. Sahidic: *ⲧⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ ; Bohairic: *ϯⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ ). (31 words)
It should be noted, however, that Coptic ⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ is grammatically masculine and hence would have been vocalised pemsaḥ or bemsaḥ (Sahidic: ⲡⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ ; Bohairic: ⲡⲓⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ ). (24 words)
For example, both Sahidic and Bohairic use the word ebenos, which was taken directly from Greek ἔβενος main "ebony", originally from Egyptian hbny. (23 words)
Example sentences (7)
For example, both Sahidic and Bohairic use the word ebenos, which was taken directly from Greek ἔβενος main "ebony", originally from Egyptian hbny.
Hence it is unclear why the word should have entered Arabic with an initial t, which would have required the word to be grammatically feminine (i.e. Sahidic: *ⲧⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ ; Bohairic: *ϯⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ ).
However, it was not until Shenoute that Coptic became a fully standardized literary language based on the Sahidic dialect.
In Sahidic, syllable boundary may have been marked by a supralinear stroke.
It should be noted, however, that Coptic ⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ is grammatically masculine and hence would have been vocalised pemsaḥ or bemsaḥ (Sahidic: ⲡⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ ; Bohairic: ⲡⲓⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ ).
Some Egyptian syllables had sonorants but no vowels; in Sahidic, these were written in Coptic with a line above the entire syllable.
The following chart shows the consonants that are represented in Sahidic Coptic orthography.
Common combinations with sahidic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in sahidic 3×