siùcar
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish siúcra, from Anglo-Norman sucre, from Old French çucre, chucre, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃuːxkər/
Derived terms
- tinneas an t-siùcair (“diabetes”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| siùcar | shiùcar after "an", t-siùcar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
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