ⲟⲉⲓⲕ
Coptic
Alternative forms
An Ancient Egyptian loaf of bread.
- ⲁⲉⲓⲕ (aeik) – Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
- ⲱⲓⲕ (ōik) – Bohairic
- ⲁⲓⲕ (aik) – Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic ꜥq (“bread, income”), from Egyptian
(ꜥqw, “income, food, bread”).
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oi̯k/
Noun
ⲟⲉⲓⲕ • (oeik) m (countable and uncountable, plural ⲟⲉⲓⲕ (oeik))
- (Sahidic, countable) a loaf of bread
- (Sahidic, uncountable) bread
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN