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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oɪ̯k/

Noun

ⲟⲉⲓⲕ (oeik) m (countable and uncountable, plural ⲟⲉⲓⲕ)

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

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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