ⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲣⲡⲉ (rpe) — Sahidic
- ⲣⲡⲉⲓⲉ (rpeie) — Akhmimic
- ⲣⲡⲉⲉⲓ (rpeei), ⲣⲡⲉⲉ (rpee) — Lycopolitan
- ⲉⲣⲡⲏⲉⲓ (erpēei), ⲉⲗⲡⲏⲓ (elpēi), ⲉⲗⲡⲏ (elpē) — Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic rpy, from Egyptian r(ꜣ)-pr.
Noun
ⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ • (erphei) m (plural ⲉⲣⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ (erphēoui))
Derived terms
- ⲯⲉⲙⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ (psemerphei, “Sibirbay, a town in Lower Egypt”)
Descendants
- → Arabic: بِرْبَا (birbā, “site of a ruined temple”)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 138