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): /oi̯k/

Noun

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

1. (Sahidic, countable) a loaf of bread
2. (Sahidic, uncountable) bread

References

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