ⲁⲉⲓⲕ

Coptic

Alternative forms

An Ancient Egyptian loaf of bread.

ⲟⲉⲓⲕ (oeik) – Sahidic
ⲱⲓⲕ (ōik) – Bohairic
ⲁⲓⲕ (aik) – Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic ꜥq (“bread, income”), from Egyptian

(ꜥqw, “income, food, bread”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ajk/

Noun

ⲁⲉⲓⲕ • (aeik) m

(Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan, countable) a loaf of bread
(Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan, uncountable) bread

Derived terms

ⲥⲁⲛⲁⲉⲓⲕ (sanaeik)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 254
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 120

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