zuccarum

Latin

Alternative forms

zucarum, sucarum, zucorum, zucarum, zucara, zucaris, sucurum, succurum

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzuk.ka.rum/, [ˈzʊk.ka.rũ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈzuk.ka.rum/, [ˈd͡zuk.ka.rum]

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سكر‎ (sukkar), from Persian ‎ (šakar), from Middle Persian škl (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā). Doublet of saccharum, saccharon, which entered the language through Ancient Greek.

Noun

zuccarum n (genitive zuccarī); second declension

Alternative form of saccharum

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zuccarum	zuccara
Genitive	zuccarī	zuccarōrum
Dative	zuccarō	zuccarīs
Accusative	zuccarum	zuccara
Ablative	zuccarō	zuccarīs
Vocative	zuccarum	zuccara

Descendants

Corsican: zuccheru, zuccaru
Friulian: zucar
Istriot: soûcaro
Italian: zucchero, zuccaro
- → Middle Low German: sucker
  - Low German: Sucker
  - → Danish: sukker
    - → Faroese: sukur
    - → Icelandic: sykur
  - → Norwegian: sukker
  - → Saterland Frisian: Sukker
  - → Swedish: socker
    - → Finnish: sokeri
  - → West Frisian: sûker
Lombard: zuqer, zœqer
Old French: çucre (see there for further descendants)
Sicilian: zuccuru
Venetian: sùcaro
→ Old High German: zucker
- Middle High German: zuker, zucker
  - Alemannic German: Zucker
  - Bavarian: Zugga
  - German: Zucker (see there for further descendants)
  - Luxembourgish: Zocker
  - Yiddish: צוקער‎ (tsuker)
  - → Romansch: zutger

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