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

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic, Old Coptic) sun

Proper noun

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

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

Descendants

• → English: Re

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 287
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 134