ⲃⲗⲗⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲃⲉⲗⲗⲉ (belle) — Bohairic
ⲃⲉⲗⲗⲏ (bellē) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic Egyptian bl (“blind”), from Egyptian

(br, “blind person”).

Pronunciation

(Sahidic) IPA^(key): */βl̩ˈlɛ/

Noun

ⲃⲗ̄ⲗⲉ • (bl̄le) m (feminine ⲃⲗ̄ⲗⲏ (bl̄lē), plural ⲃⲗ̄ⲗⲉⲉⲩ (bl̄leeu))

(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) a blind person

Adjective

ⲃⲗ̄ⲗⲉ • (bl̄le)

(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) blind

Derived terms

ⲙⲛⲧⲃⲗⲗⲉ (mntblle, “blindness”)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 38
Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 23