ⲟⲉⲓⲕ

Coptic edit

Alternative forms edit

An Ancient Egyptian loaf of bread.

ⲁⲉⲓⲕ (aeik) — Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
ⲱⲓⲕ (ōik) — Bohairic
ⲁⲓⲕ (aik) — Fayyumic

Etymology edit

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

(ꜥqw, “income, food, bread”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /oi̯k/

Noun edit

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

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

References edit

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

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