ⲁⲓⲕ

Coptic

Etymology 1

From Demotic ꜥyq, from Late Egyptian (ꜥqy, “ceremonial entrance of the king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajk/

Noun

ⲁⲓⲕ • (aik) m (plural ⲁⲓⲕ (aik))

1. (Bohairic) consecration (of a church, altar, house, etc.)

Alternative forms

• ⲁⲉⲓⲕ (aeik) — Lycopolitan, Sahidic

Etymology 2

An Ancient Egyptian loaf of bread.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Fayyumic) /aːi̯k/

Noun

ⲁⲓⲕ • (aik) m

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

Alternative forms

• ⲟⲉⲓⲕ (oeik) — Sahidic
• ⲁⲉⲓⲕ (aeik) — Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
• ⲱⲓⲕ (ōik) — Bohairic

Derived terms

• ⲥⲁⲛⲁⲓⲕ (sanaik)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 3, 254
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 120