siúcra

Irish

Alternative forms

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

Noun

siúcra m (genitive singular siúcra, nominative plural siúcraí)

  1. sugar
    Taoi gafa le siúcra, ar m'fhocal.
    You're addicted to sugar, I swear.

Declension

Declension of siúcra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative siúcra siúcraí
vocative a shiúcra a shiúcraí
genitive siúcra siúcraí
dative siúcra siúcraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an siúcra na siúcraí
genitive an tsiúcra na siúcraí
dative leis an siúcra
don siúcra 		leis na siúcraí

Derived terms

  • bata siúcra (“sugar stick”)
  • biatas siúcra (“sugar-beet”)
  • cána siúcra (“sugarcane”)
  • coirceog shiúcra (“sugar-loaf”)
  • leathchloch shiúcra (“half-stone of sugar”)
  • mailp an tsiúcra (“sugar maple”)
  • plandáil siúcra (“sugar plantation”)
  • scaglann siúcra (“sugar refinery”)
  • siúcra bainne (“sugar of milk, lactose”)
  • siúcra bán (“white sugar”)
  • siúcra biatais (“beet sugar”)
  • siúcra cána (“cane sugar”)
  • siúcra candaí (“sugar-candy”)
  • siúcra dóite (“burnt sugar”)
  • siúcra donn (“brown sugar”)
  • siúcra fíonchaor (“grape-sugar, glucose”)
  • siúcra garbh (“granulated sugar”)
  • siúcra luaidhe (“sugar of lead”)
  • siúcra mailpe (“maple sugar”)
  • siúcra mín (“castor sugar”)
  • siúcra na gcnapán (“lump sugar”)
  • siúcra rua (“brown sugar”)
  • siúcra toraidh (“fruit-sugar, laevulose”)
  • siúcraiféarach (“sacchariferous”)
  • siúcraigh (“saccharify, sugar”)
  • siúcramhéadar (“saccharimeter”)
  • siúcrós (“sucrose”)
  • siúcrúil (“sugary”)
  • tlú siúcra (“sugar tongs”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of siúcra
radical lenition eclipsis
siúcra shiúcra
after an, tsiúcra 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 39
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 235
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 355, page 121

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