ⲫⲁϣⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲡⲉϣⲉ (peše) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Sahidic
• ⲡⲉϣⲓ (peši) — Fayyumic
• ⲡⲏϣⲉ (pēše), ⲡⲓϣⲉ (piše) — Sahidic
• ⲡⲁϣⲉ (paše) — Sahidic, Fayyumic

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲫⲁϣⲓ • (phaši) f (nominal form ⲫⲁϣ- (phaš-))

1. (Bohairic) division, half

Related terms

• ⲫⲱϣ (phōš, “divide”)
• ⲫⲁϣⲙⲟⲩ (phašmou, “half-dead”)

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