cukier

Polish

Etymology

From German Zucker, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر‎ (sukkar), from Persian ‎ (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”). Cognate to French sucre, from Spanish azúcar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡su.kʲɛr/
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Noun

cukier m inan

Declension

declension of cukier

	singular	plural
nominative	cukier	cukry
genitive	cukru	cukrów
dative	cukrowi	cukrom
accusative	cukier	cukry
instrumental	cukrem	cukrami
locative	cukrze	cukrach
vocative	cukrze	cukry

Derived terms

cukierek, cukiernia, cukiernik, cukrownia, cukrzyca, cukrowy, cukrzany

Descendants

→ Belarusian: цу́кар (cúkar)
→ Ukrainian: цу́кор (cúkor), цу́кар (cúkar), цу́кер (cúker), цу́кур (cúkur)

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