siúcra
Irish
Alternative forms
- siúchra
- siúcar (East Ulster)
Etymology
From Middle Irish siúcra (compare Scottish Gaelic siùcar), from Anglo-Norman sucre, from Old French çucre, chucre, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “ground or candied sugar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃuːkɾˠə/
Declension
Declension of siúcra
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- bata siúcra
- biatas siúcra
- cána siúcra
- coirceog shiúcra
- leathchloch shiúcra
- mailp an tsiúcra
- plandáil siúcra
- scaglann siúcra
- siúcra bainne
- siúcra bán
- siúcra biatais
- siúcra cána
- siúcra candaí
- siúcra dóite
- siúcra donn
- siúcra fíonchaor
- siúcra garbh
- siúcra luaidhe
- siúcra mailpe
- siúcra mín
- siúcra na gcnapán
- siúcra rua
- siúcra toraidh
- siúcraiféarach
- siúcraigh
- siúcramhéadar
- siúcrós
- siúcrúil
- tlú siúcra
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| siúcra | shiúcra after an, tsiúcra |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siúcra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “siúcra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 39
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