siúcra

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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siúcra m (genitive singular siúcra, nominative plural siúcraí)

  1. sugar

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 39
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 355, page 121

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