ⲡⲉ

Coptic

Etymology 1

From Demotic -pꜣj, from Late Egyptian pꜣj

G41

, from Middle Egyptian
(pw).

Pronoun

ⲡⲉ • (pe) m

(postpositive) he
used as 3rd person masculine singular pronominal copula in verbless clauses

Coordinate terms

ⲧⲉ (te)
ⲛⲉ (ne)

Etymology 2

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (p(.t), “sky”), from Egyptian

(pt, “sky”).

Alternative forms

ⲡⲏ (pē) — Fayyumic, Akhmimic
ⲫⲉ (phe) — Bohairic

Noun

ⲡⲉ • (pe) m (plural ⲡⲏⲩⲉ (pēue))

(Sahidic) heaven, sky

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 259
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 124

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