siùcar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish siúcra, from Anglo-Norman sucre, from Old French çucre, chucre, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːxkər/

Noun

siùcar m (genitive singular siùcair, plural siùcaran)

1. sugar

Derived terms

• tinneas an t-siùcair (“diabetes”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
siùcar	shiùcar after "an", t-siùcar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.