siúcra

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish siúcra, from Anglo-Norman sucre, from Old French çucre, chucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر‎ (sukkar), from Persian شکر‎ (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “ground or candied sugar”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃuːkɾˠə/

Noun

siúcra m (genitive singular siúcra, nominative plural siúcraí)

  1. sugar

Declension
Declension of siúcra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative siúcra siúcraí
Vocative a shiúcra a shiúcraí
Genitive siúcra siúcraí
Dative siúcra siúcraí

Forms with the definite article

Case 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
  • biatas siúcra
  • cána siúcra
  • coirceog shiúcra
  • criathar siúcra
  • leathchloch shiúcra
  • mailp an tsiúcra
  • plandáil siúcra
  • scaglann siúcra
  • siúcra bainne
  • siúcra bán
  • siúcra biatais
  • siúcra cána
  • siúcra candaí
  • siúcra dóite
  • siúcra donn
  • siúcra fíonchaor
  • siúcra garbh
  • siúcraiféarach
  • siúcraigh
  • siúcra luaidhe
  • siúcra mailpe
  • siúcramhéadar
  • siúcra mín
  • siúcra na gcnapán
  • siúcra rua
  • siúcra toraidh
  • siúcrós
  • siúcrúil
  • tlú siúcra

Mutation
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.

Further reading
  • "siúcra" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “siúcra” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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