ⲁⲓⲕ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- 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