ⲛⲟⲩϥⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology
From Demotic nfr, from Egyptian

(nfr, “good”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnuː.fə/

Adjective

ⲛⲟⲩϥⲉ (noufe)

  1. (Sahidic, Akhmimic) good

See also
  • ⲙⲉⲧⲛⲟⲩϥⲓ (metnoufi, “good things”)
  • ⲛⲟⲩϥⲣ (noufr, “be good”)
  • ⲛⲟϥⲣⲉ (nofre, “profit, advantage”)

References
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 240
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 116
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