Vol. I - The Coptic Orthodox Church

pestch a
[1 ^"^ M U to ,
shine, to illumine.
pestch ap"^^, D P
, T. 174,
U
1^'_
, hack, backbone, vertebrae; plur.
pestch 0^, IV,
part of the skin of a leopard.
Pestchet n
31, 170, a god.
pestch a
fern. D
loo, [iU, N. 5 ,
"
D,-
373,
,
T -
the back
'
',''' >>$' iii> e ;
HI ,p Q
i 1 1, T. 308, P.
456, ?'."".! !!,?; Copt *ic,*rr, etc.
Illl dill
pestch nut ,
pestch
,
" J
o
ninth.
nnnn
hebenti pestch
\^> 6 '^7 '
VWV\ ./.I\>.
\\
I ss
moon festival.
'
ninety; Copt.
RCTA-IOT.
III IIIO
mo;
var. 1 1 1
O lll O , the new
HIM
pestch (?) X, nine-thread stuff.
'
mi u
Pestch.t 7n Tii IT). ni;
It is probable that the true reading is Pauti,
which is the name of a very ancient god ; see
U -443,
The reading pestch-t is due to the confusion of
the signs pestch and Q) paut.
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I 1
d Illl
...
I
!'
( P>
V-^
d mi
1 1 1 6
i63,1 "1, the first and greatest
nine gods.
Late forms are
Atf*\ I
123, and vjj '
pestch-t aa-t
, Sphinx 4,
U. 251, P. 26, T. 273, M. 36, N. 67, 647,
a:- niz- tni^yiiiiOni
| ^
-
pestch-t netches-t
ft \ ,,,,
Pestch -ti (Pauti)
,
the great nine gods.
the little nine
gods.
111 111 11T U- 188> T- 3o> 6?> 362> M '
67, 203, 222, 322, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466,
582, N. 684, 751, 790, 1137, 1188, 1189, 1321,
EEEf
the twice nine gods ;
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C3C3C3 C3C3C1 C]C]C3
U. 179, 480, 1\\, P. 602,
111 111111 111 111S". M.
453, the very great twice nine gods.
pestchiu (?)
ninninnm '*
T. 238, 307, P. 218, the three companies of the
gods, i.e., the great gods of heaven, earth, and
the Tuat = |
, all the I I I i i
gods,
i o
B.D. 23, 6, all the com-
panies of the gods.
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