ⲫⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲡⲉ (pe) — Sahidic
• ⲡⲏ (pē) — Fayyumic, Akhmimic

Etymology

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

(pt, “sky”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /pʰeʔ/
• (Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /baʔ/
• (Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /fe/

Noun

ⲫⲉ • (phe) f (plural ⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ (phēoui))

1. (Bohairic) the sky
2. (Bohairic) heaven

Adjective

ⲫⲉ • (phe)

1. (Bohairic) Of the colour cyan

   ⲡⲓⲁⲟⲩⲁⲛ ⲙ̀ⲫⲏ ― piaouan m̀phē ― the cyan color

See also

Colors in Coptic · ⲛⲓⲁⲟⲩⲁⲛ (niaouan) (layout · text)

ⲟⲩⲱⲃϣ (ouōbš)	ⲕⲉⲣⲙⲓ (kermi)	ⲭⲁⲙⲉ (khame)
ⲑⲣⲉϣⲣⲱϣ (threšrōš); ⲡⲏⲣⲡ (pērp)	ⲙⲁⲛⲙⲟⲛ (manmon); ⲡⲟⲩⲛ (poun)	ⲁⲟⲩⲓⲛ (aouin)
ⲕⲟⲣⲧⲓⲙⲟⲥ (kortimos)	ⲏϫⲓ (ēji)	ⲁϭⲓⲛ (ačin)
ⲫⲉ (phe); ⲕⲁⲗⲗⲁⲉⲓⲛⲟⲥ (kallaeinos)	ⲓⲱⲭⲣⲱⲟⲛ (iōkhrōon)	ⲁⲥⲓⲗⲱⲛ (asilōn)
ⲓⲱⲓⲁⲥ (iōias)	ϭⲏϫⲓ (čēji)	ⲃⲉⲣⲧ (bert)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 259
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 124