sykur

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish sukker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zucker, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Early Modern Persian شکر (šakar), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪːkʏr]

  Rhymes: -ɪːkʏr

Noun

sykur m (genitive singular sykurs, no plural) or rarely
sykur n (genitive singular sykurs, no plural)

1. sugar

Declension

Declension of sykur (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	sykur	sykurinn
accusative	sykur	sykurinn
dative	sykri	sykrinum
genitive	sykurs	sykursins

or rarely

Declension of sykur (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	sykur	sykrið
accusative	sykur	sykrið
dative	sykri	sykrinu
genitive	sykurs	sykursins

Derived terms

• kanilsykur
• sykurkar
• sykurlaus
• sykurreyr
• sykurrófa
• sykursjúkur
• sykursýki
• sykursætur