Template:cop-noun/documentation

This template generates a line of simple nominal inflection for Coptic nouns.

Usage

The simplest usage of the template will look like this. Note that the gender is unknown and the plural form is identical to the absolute state.

• {{cop-noun}} for ⲙⲟⲟⲩ:

ⲙⲟⲟⲩ • (moou) ? (plural [[#Coptic|]]ⲙⲟⲟⲩ)

Gender

If you want to display the gender, you add either m or f.

• {{cop-noun|m}} for ⲙⲟⲟⲩ:

ⲙⲟⲟⲩ • (moou) m (plural [[#Coptic|]]ⲙⲟⲟⲩ)

If the noun has dual gender, you can define it by adding mf.

• {{cop-noun|mf}} for ⲁϥ:

ⲁϥ • (af) m or f (plural [[#Coptic|]]ⲁϥ)

Plural

By default, the template will assume that the plural is the same as the singular.

If the particular noun has a proper plural form, you can display it by adding it after the gender.

• {{cop-noun|m|ⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ}} for ⲉⲓⲱⲧ:

ⲉⲓⲱⲧ • (eiōt) m (plural ⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ)

If the noun is uncountable, you can display it by adding - in place of the plural.

• {{cop-noun|m|-}} for ⲱⲛϩ:

ⲱⲛϩ • (ōnh) m (uncountable)

If the noun can be either countable or uncountable, you can display it by adding ~ in place of the plural.

• {{cop-noun|m|~}} for ⲟⲉⲓⲕ:

ⲟⲉⲓⲕ • (oeik) m (countable and uncountable, plural [[#Coptic|]]ⲟⲉⲓⲕ)

If no plural form is attested, add ! in place of the plural.

Nominal and pronominal states

If the word has a nominal state and/or a pronominal state, you can display it by adding nom and/or pro.

• {{cop-noun|m|ⲣⲱⲟⲩ|nom=ⲣⲉ-|pro=ⲣⲱ⸗}} for ⲣⲟ:

ⲣⲟ • (ro) m (plural ⲣⲱⲟⲩ, nominal state ⲣⲉ‐, pronominal state ⲣⲱ⸗)

If the noun has multiple plural forms, nominal states and/or pronominal states, you can display them with |pl2=, |nom2= and |pro2=, and so on with higher numbers as needed.

• {{cop-noun|f|ⲥϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ|pl2=ⲥϩⲓⲁⲙⲉ}} for ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ:

ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ • (shime) f (plural ⲥϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ or ⲥϩⲓⲁⲙⲉ)

Dialect tagging

The plurals can be tagged by which dialect uses them with |q1= (and so on with higher numbers), where the number corresponds to the number of the corresponding plural. The same can be done for nominal and pronominal states using |nomq1= and |proq1= (and so on with higher numbers), again with the number corresponding to the appropriate form. The dialects should be given with their sigla, as documented here.