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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /oːi̯k/
IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /ui̯k/
IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /oɪ̯k/

Noun

ⲱⲓⲕ • (ōik) m

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

Derived terms

ⲥⲁⲛⲱⲓⲕ (sanōik)

References

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

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