ⲁⲉⲓⲕ

Coptic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajk/

Noun

ⲁⲉⲓⲕ • (aeik) m (plural ⲁⲉⲓⲕ (aeik))

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

Alternative forms

• ⲁⲓⲕ (aik) — Bohairic

Etymology 2

An Ancient Egyptian loaf of bread.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajk/

Noun

ⲁⲉⲓⲕ • (aeik) m

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

Alternative forms

• ⲟⲉⲓⲕ (oeik) — Sahidic
• ⲱⲓⲕ (ōik) — Bohairic
• ⲁⲓⲕ (aik) — Fayyumic

Derived terms

• ⲥⲁⲛⲁⲉⲓⲕ (sanaeik)

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