ϥⲱ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic fꜥy, from Egyptian fꜥꜣ (“hair”).

Noun

ϥⲱ • (fō) m

1. (Sahidic) hair

Related terms

• ⲣⲁⲧϥⲱ (ratfō, “hairy”)
• ⲥⲕϥⲱⲟⲩ (skfōou, “comb hair”)
• ⲟⲩⲉϩϥⲱ (ouehfō, “to let hair grow”)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 265
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 623