ⲡⲉϣⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲡⲉϣⲉ (peše) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Sahidic
• ⲫⲁϣⲓ (phaši) — Bohairic
• ⲡⲏϣⲉ (pēše), ⲡⲓϣⲉ (piše) — Sahidic
• ⲡⲁϣⲉ (paše) — Sahidic, Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic pšt, from Egyptian (psšt, “share; half”).

Noun

ⲡⲉϣⲓ • (peši) f

1. (Fayyumic) division, half

Related terms

• ⲡⲱϣ (pōš, “divide”)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 278a, 278b
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 131