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Jenkim
copticray:
I agree too, It makes sense to have the Djinkim as a variation. besides, most of the people how will look this word up will look for it with a Djinkim, so we should add it for usability purposes.
Anok:
Should it be a rule to specify that the word begins with a jenkim?
I would think so, because it is the regular spelling... and as someone that doesn't speak a vowel-less language like Arabic as a first language, the jenkim is helpful for knowing that the vowel ⲉ is there.
Admin:
Jenkim were not written in original Coptic text. only later when the language got weaker they started to add it.
for that reason Jenkim is not standard and you can find same word with many jenkims in one book and with only one or no jenkims in another.
especially with the introduction of new pronunciation by the church many jenkims were added that didn't exist before.
We add the word without jenkim and then add a word variations with jenkims
that way if someone is searching for any word he can find it by writing the word without jenkims
once his find the word he is looking for he can find it with the jenkims inside the page
bashandy:
Historically, the djinkim was present to denote either a glottal stop (hamza), and its ue was much less, mostly with ⲙ, ⲛ. However, as Coptic started to fade out extra djinkims were added to esp. at a string of two or more consonants starting a word eg ⲡϭⲟⲓⲥ, ⲥϧⲁⲓ,ⲥⲁⲣⲝ, ⲥⲧⲣⲁⲧⲓⲁ, ⲥⲙⲟⲩ, ⲡⲥⲟⲗⲥⲉⲗ, ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ, ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ which when not used lead to pronunciations as setratia (instead of stratia), or sareks (instead of sarks). At other times, it was added automatically to any strings of consonants leading to akekisia (instead of eklisia).
Later, with Greco-Bohairic (GB) pronunciation, it became also a marker of accent like Greek language & French, and it was used to denote the extra glottal stops added by GB, in addition to the added djinkim infront of any strings of consonants.
Generally, I would not use it over vowels, never over ⲝ, ϭ, ⲯ, ⲃ, ⲅ, ⲇ, ⲍ, ⲗ, ϧ, ϫ, ϯ, only when a glottal stop is needed
Anok:
Thank you both! I will use all of the above as guidelines.
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