ⲣⲏ

Coptic

The Sun.

In one of his many forms, Ra, god of the sun, has the head of a falcon and the sun-disk inside a cobra resting on his head.

Alternative forms

ⲣⲉ (re) — Old Coptic, Fayyumic
ⲣⲉⲓ (rei) — Akhmimic
ⲣⲓ (ri) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠ (rꜥ, “sun, Ra”), from Egyptian

(rꜥ, “sun, Ra”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (reconstructed Classical Coptic) /reːʔ/

Noun

ⲣⲏ • (rē) m

(Bohairic, Sahidic, Old Coptic) sun

Proper noun

ⲫⲢⲏ • (phRē) m (Bohairic) or ⲡⲣⲏ • (prē) m (Sahidic)

(Bohairic, Sahidic) the Sun
(Bohairic, Sahidic) Ra, or Re; the Egyptian sun god and the creator of all life.

Descendants

→ English: Re

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 287
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 134

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