 Compare the Middle Egyptian form "*satāpafa" 'he chooses' (written "stp.f" in hieroglyphs) to Coptic (Sahidic) "f.sotp" 'he chooses'.All Coptic nouns carry grammatical gender, either masculine or feminine, usually marked through a prefixed definite article as in the Romance languages.Masculine nouns are marked with the article and feminine nouns with the article in the Sahidic dialect and and in the Bohairic dialect.