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Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

siúcra m (genitive singular siúcra, nominative plural siúcraí)

  1. sugar

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

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.

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