ⲣⲏⲥ

Coptic

Etymology

From Egyptian rsj (“southern”)

Noun

ⲣⲏⲥ • (rēs) m

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic, Fayyumic, Akhmimic) south

Coordinate terms

• (north): ϧⲏⲧ (xēt), ϩⲏⲧ (hēt), ⲉⲙϩⲓⲧ (emhit), ⲙϩⲓⲧ (mhit)
• (west): ⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ (ement), ⲉⲙⲛⲧ (emnt), ⲉⲓⲙⲛⲧ (eimnt), ⲉⲙⲛⲧⲉ (emnte), ⲉⲓⲙⲛⲧⲉ (eimnte)
• (east): ⲓⲉⲃⲧ (iebt), ⲉⲓⲉⲃⲧ (eiebt), ⲉⲓⲃⲧ (eibt), ⲉⲓⲃⲧⲉ (eibte), ⲓⲏϥⲧ (iēft), ⲁⲓⲏⲃⲧ (aiēbt)