ⲁⲓⲕ

Coptic

Alternative forms

An Ancient Egyptian loaf of bread.

ⲟⲉⲓⲕ (oeik) – Sahidic
ⲁⲉⲓⲕ (aeik) – Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
ⲱⲓⲕ (ōik) – Bohairic

Etymology

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

(ꜥqw, “income, food, bread”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Fayyumic) /aːi̯k/

Noun

ⲁⲓⲕ • (aik) m

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

Derived terms

ⲥⲁⲛⲁⲓⲕ (sanaik)

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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