siwgr
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
- siwgwr (North Wales colloquial)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman sucre, from Old French çucre, chucre, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ʃʊɡr/, [ˈʃʊɡr̩]
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ʃʊɡʊr/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ʃʊɡr/, [ˈʃʊɡr̩]
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈʃuːɡɪr/, /ˈʃʊɡɪr/
Noun edit
siwgr m (usually uncountable, plural siwgrau or siwgroedd, not mutable)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “siwgr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies