ⲡⲁϣⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲡⲁϣⲉ • (paše) f (nominal form (S, F) ⲡⲁϣ- (paš-) or (S) ⲡϣ- (pš-) or (S) ⲡⲉϣ- (peš-) or (S) ⲡⲓϣ- (piš-))

1. (Sahidic, Fayyumic) division, half

Related terms

• ⲡⲱϣ (pōš), ⲡⲱϣⲉ (pōše, “divide”)
• ⲡⲁϣⲙⲟⲩ (pašmou), ⲡⲉϣⲙⲟⲩ (pešmou, “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