cukier

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂. Cognate to French sucre, from Spanish azúcar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡su.kjɛr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ukjɛr
  • Syllabification: cu‧kier

Noun

cukier m inan

  1. sugar
  2. saccharide

Declension
Declension of cukier
singular plural
nominative cukier cukry
genitive cukru cukrów
dative cukrowi cukrom
accusative cukier cukry
instrumental cukrem cukrami
locative cukrze cukrach
vocative cukrze cukry

Derived terms
adjectives
nouns

Descendants
  • → Kildin Sami: цӯкер (cūk’er)
  • → Old Ruthenian: цу́коръ (cúkor) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • cukier in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cukier in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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