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Ancient Egypt: Coptic Language

Ancient Near Eastern references pertinent to Egypt.

Coptic Dictionaries

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Cerny, Jaroslav, paleographer. Coptic etymological dictionary. Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1976. Call # PJ2163 .C4

Crum, W. E. (Walter Ewing), 1865-1944. A Coptic dictionary, compiled with the help of many scholars. Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1939. Call #= PJ2181 .C7 1939a

Smith, Richard, 1943 June 20-. A concise Coptic-English lexicon. Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1982, c1983. Call #= PJ2181 .S63 1983

Westendorf, Wolfhart. Koptisches Handworterbuch. Bearb. auf Grund des Koptischen Handworterbuchs. Heidelberg, C. Winter Universitatsverlag, 1965-1977. Call #= PJ2181 .W46 1965

Worterbuch der griechischen Worter in den koptischen dokumentarischen Texten / herausgegeben von Hans Forster Berlin : De Gruyter, 2002. BR45 .T4 v.148

Coptic Grammars

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Bauer, Gertrud. Athanasius von Qus: Qiladat at-tahrir fi ilm at-tafsir; eine koptische Grammatik in arabischer Sprache aus dem 13./14. Jahrhundert. Freiburg im Breisgau, K. Schwarz, 1972. Call #= PJ2033 .B3

Elanskaia, A. I. (Alla Ivanovna), 1926-. Koptskii iazyk. Moskva : Nauka, 1964. Call #= PJ2033 .E4

Layton, Bentley. A Coptic grammar : with chrestomathy and glossary : Sahidic dialect / Bentley Layton. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2000. Call #= PJ2033 .L39 2000

al-Marji fi qawaid al-lughah al-Qibtiyah / Jamiyat Mar Mina al- Ajaybi. al-Iskandariyah : Jamiyat Mar Mina al-Ajaybi, 1969. Call #= PJ2033 .M312

Stern, Ludwig, 1824-1890. Koptische Grammatik. Osnabruck : Biblio Verlag, 1971. Call #= PJ2033 .S74 1971

Coptic Glossaries, Vocabularies, etc.

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Bulus, Murad Murqus. Mufradat al-lughah al-Qibtiyah. [al-Qahirah] Maktabat al-Karuz [1973]-. Call #= PJ2181 .B84 1973

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