siúcra

Irish

Alternative forms

• siúchra
• siúcar (East Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish siúcra (compare Scottish Gaelic siùcar), from Anglo-Norman sucre, from Old French çucre, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (škʿ /⁠šakar⁠/), from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā, “gravel”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːkɾˠə/

Noun

siúcra m (genitive singular siúcra, nominative plural siúcraí)

1. sugar

   Taoi gafa le siúcra, ar m'fhocal.

   You're addicted to sugar, I swear.

Declension

Declension of siúcra (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative siúcra siúcraí vocative a shiúcra a shiúcraí genitive siúcra siúcraí dative siúcra siúcraí forms with the definite article 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 (“sugarstick”)
• biatas siúcra (“sugar beet”)
• cána siúcra (“sugarcane”)
• coirceog shiúcra (“sugar-loaf”)
• mailp an tsiúcra (“sugar maple”)
• siúcra bainne (“sugar of milk, lactose”)
• siúcra bán (“white sugar”)
• siúcra biatais (“beet sugar”)
• siúcra cána (“cane sugar”)
• siúcra candaí (“sugar candy”)
• siúcra donn (“brown sugar”)
• siúcra fíonchaor (“grape sugar, glucose”)
• siúcra garbh (“granulated sugar”)
• siúcra luaidhe (“sugar of lead”)
• siúcra mailpe (“maple sugar”)
• siúcra mín (“castor sugar”)
• siúcra na gcnapán (“lump sugar”)
• siúcra rua (“brown sugar”)
• siúcra toraidh (“fruit sugar, laevulose”)
• siúcraiféarach (“sacchariferous”)
• siúcraigh (“to saccharify, sugar”)
• siúcramhéadar (“saccharimeter”)
• siúcrós (“sucrose”)
• siúcrúil (“sugary”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of siúcra

radical	lenition	eclipsis
siúcra	shiúcra after an, tsiúcra	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “siúcra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1046; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “siúcra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN