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/

Noun

siùcar m (genitive singular siùcair, plural siùcaran)

  1. sugar

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of siùcar
radical lenition
siùcar shiùcar
after "an", t-siùcar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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