Various Coptic Abbreviations?

Daniel_Kyrillos

There are some Coptic abbreviations/symbols that are bit known (For example,
¥ _ `<rictoc
¢ _ Marturoc

¡ _ [oic

½ _ `ctauroc

I found some more in the full special character guide for the Coptic fonts. Any idea what they mean? I can guess some, but the rest I am totally lost on.

£

¦

¨

¾

¹

Ü

Ý

Þ

ß

à

á

â

ã

ä

å

æ

ç

è

é

ê

ë

ì

í

î

ï

ð

ñ

ò

ó

ô

õ

ö

÷

ø

minatasgeel

£ _ not sure

¦ _ par;enoc _ virgin

¨ _ Cun :e`w (Ic,uroc) _ in the name of (the mighty) God

¾  _ `ctauroc _ cross

Daniel_Kyrillos

@minatasgeel what's the difference between ¾ nem ½?

also, does £ mean not sure or are you not sure :))

ophadece

Hi @Daniel_Kyrillos,

£ refers to menenca

¾ according to Dr. Kamal Farid it is the same like ½ but with a "Greek-shaped" sima; I do appreciate if anything it looks like a ghamma, but I believe he is absolutely right, as a renowned teacher of the Coptic language.

Oujai qen P[c

bashandy

The rest of the list are probably letters from Old Coptic (not Old Bohairic pronunciation). These are possibly letters in the early stages of development of Coptic language where it had over 12 Demotic letters, then these were reduced.