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2. s/t and s, e.g. T12; (kud), mJ (gadad)=Cc\Ti ; ^iy (giil) =-nj (gur) 

 = yMooq, = ker-1 = ujHpi; JO (mag) = fikja:;^ mag-nus = avhuj ; 2DX 

 (kise) = ^ice, nny (gebat) =uj»1^t; ip (qaf) = uj£-aj, (njJriD (ketonet) 

 = uj^Hii, xnp (qara)=U5A'\, Ny-li* (kirga) = ujaAotthi, DH (cham) = 

 UjWAv, ir^n (chemer) =vyeAVHp, IJJ (ganad) = tyiVT, 3p (qab) = usme, 

 liy (gor) = ujAp, ^nn (chatul) = Hathor = Athor, n33 (kabad) = 

 iac5>iT, nni: (gahab)=2n>* (kohab) =ujcoi^c6, etc. 



3. The consonant r, Germ /. e.g. in 2s.om = CV lebes, laciis; XP'^'V 

 = ^po-V = n^"' (yalad); Ucxoi = 1001, Saxon, geard = yard; Germ, gut, 

 Gott. geben, gabe, Gans, Gurke; Low Germ, yut, Yott, jeben, jabe, 

 Yans, Yurke, etc. 



4. u and other vowels, eg. PjlJ (gup), PiQIJ (gopap) = a^^ = ap-is ; 

 ISi* (kahar), the Persian lin (chur), sol. y/^OC, ope< (in op^Avecciv, 

 Ramses), y.6oiO^., herus. Herr, p&. the sun, the lord; AdfiO^, Horus, 

 Orus; Rcp-ne {xiif):0(;—<inn\, god's house) = epnH, cpr^H. 



5. i, e.g. jyj; (kaan)=Tanis; X33; (kaba)=Tfiev; pOS (kamon) = 

 KfriviMOTit; IDi* (kapar) = -e^fiup, saltare, ij^in (cholel) = Te'.\e"A., nDbTN 

 (ekbah) = Tefe, the finger. 



n (//) becomes, by emollition, the spiritus lenis, e.g. ^<:o6T=onT, honor 

 = onor. Many other examples will be seen in the premises (Nos. 2 & 4). 



1 \^d) and n (^/') sometimes go over to 5 and s/i. Comp. y\r\ (thub) 

 = 31L" (shub), mn (charath) = j;«/v^<T(TW = yafidzTW ; 21 (dobj = 

 ujes.ir bonus, cevTe = TCv.i\.Te =]*''ir (kik), etc. 



s// becomes 5, e g. in lyoc = couj, ujene = eeryue, and in all Hebrew 

 words containing C' (s)- the original J,*'. 



r being softened sounds i, as is sufficiently known from the Chinese, 

 Hebrew and Coptic, the latter, in numberless words, putting "A. instead 



of p, e.g. piOAVI = AOJ.M.J, piAVI = »\JAV.1. 



The principal difference between the ancient and modern Cop- 

 tic is, however, that the hitter lost many words which we hnd 

 preserved in the Hebrew and kindred languages, e.g. nnc'2 

 (pishte, flax) ; and, secondly, that innumerable Coptic words lost 

 one of the primitive radical letters. It is to be remembered that 

 the Hebrew roots contain regularly three radical letters, whilst 

 the Coptic words, originated from the Hebrew, are, at present, 

 monosyllabic mainly. The foolish idea of Champollion that the 

 original Coptic consisted only of monosyllabic words needs no 

 refutation. We have to distinguish three classes of mutilated 

 Coptic words, to-wit : first, such as lost the initial radical letter, 

 and of this character are a great many Coptic words commencing 

 with a vowel instead of //. For instat.ce, the original name of 

 Abydos was Habydos, because it proceeded from the root ^out. 



