ⲫⲣⲱ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲡⲣⲱ (prō) – Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
ⲡⲣⲟⲩ (prou) – Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic prt (“the season of Emergence”), from Egyptian

(prt, “the season of Emergence”).

Noun

ⲫⲣⲱ (phrō) f

(Bohairic) winter

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 127
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 268

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