цукор

Ukrainian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā)

Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.

Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.

Italian zuccherobor.

Middle High German zuckerbor.

Old Polish cukier

Polish cukierbor.

Old Ruthenian цу́коръ (cúkor)

Ukrainian цукор

Inherited from Old Ruthenian цу́коръ (cúkor), borrowed from Polish cukier, from Old Polish cukier, borrowed from Middle High German zucker, borrowed from Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sukɔr]

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Noun

цу́кор • (cúkor) m inan (genitive цу́кру, nominative plural цу́кри, genitive plural цу́крів, relational adjective цукро́вий, diminutive цукоро́к)

1. sugar

Declension

Declension of цу́кор
(inan hard masc-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	цу́кор cúkor	цу́кри cúkry
genitive	цу́кру cúkru	цу́крів cúkriv
dative	цу́крові, цу́кру cúkrovi, cúkru	цу́крам cúkram
accusative	цу́кор cúkor	цу́кри cúkry
instrumental	цу́кром cúkrom	цу́крами cúkramy
locative	цу́крі cúkri	цу́крах cúkrax
vocative	цу́кре cúkre	цу́кри cúkry

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “цукор”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “цукор”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]