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))

(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

(Fayyumic, countable) a loaf of bread
(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, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 3, 254
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 120

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