Contionary:ⲁ

Maryan Coptic

Pronunciation

Particle:

• IPA: /a/, [ä]

Letter

ⲁ (a) (minuscule, majuscule Ⲁ)

1. the minuscule letter alpha, the 1st letter of the Maryan Coptic alphabet

Particle

ⲁ (a)

1. indicates the affirmative past in descriptive sentences

   ϧⲉⲛ ⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲁ ⲩⲩⲣⲟ. ⲁ ⲛ̀ⲑⲟϥ ⲁⲧϭⲛⲉ ⲩⲁⲗⲩ ⲡⲉ.

   Ḫen usop a uuro. A əntʰof atcʰne ualu pe.

   There was once a king. He was childless.

See also

• (Letters of the Maryan Coptic alphabet) ⲛⲉⲕⲁⲡ (kap): Ⲁ ⲁ (A a), Ⲃ ⲃ (B b), Ⲅ ⲅ (G g), Ⲇ ⲇ (D d), Ⲉ ⲉ (E e), Ⳣ ⳣ (W w), Ⲍ ⲍ (Z z), Ⲏ ⲏ (Ē ē), Ⲑ ⲑ (Tʰ tʰ), Ⲓ ⲓ (I i), Ⲕ ⲕ (K k), Ⲗ ⲗ (L l), Ⲙ ⲙ (M m), Ⲛ ⲛ (N n), Ⲝ ⲝ (X x), Ⲟ ⲟ (O o), Ⲡ ⲡ (P p), Ⲣ ⲣ (R r), Ⲥ ⲥ (S s), Ⲧ ⲧ (T t), Ⲩ ⲩ (U u), Ⲫ ⲫ (Pʰ pʰ), Ⲭ ⲭ (Kʰ kʰ), Ⲯ ⲯ (Ps ps), Ⲱ ⲱ (Ō ō), Ϣ ϣ (Š š), Ϥ ϥ (F f), Ϧ ϧ (Ḫ ḫ), Ϩ ϩ (H h), Ϫ ϫ (C c), Ϭ ϭ (Cʰ cʰ), Ϯ ϯ (Ti ti), ⳕ (')