ⲱⲓⲕ

Coptic

Alternative forms

An Ancient Egyptian loaf of bread.

• ⲟⲉⲓⲕ (oeik) — Sahidic
• ⲁⲉⲓⲕ (aeik) — Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
• ⲁⲓⲕ (aik) — Fayyumic

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲱⲓⲕ • (ōik) m

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

Derived terms

• ⲥⲁⲛⲱⲓⲕ (sanōik)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 254
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 120