siùcar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
    Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
    Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā)
    Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.
    Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.
    Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.
    Old Italian zuccherobor.
    Old French çucre
    Anglo-Norman sucrebor.
    Middle Irish siúcra
    Scottish Gaelic siùcar

    Inherited from Middle Irish siúcra, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sucre, from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈʃuːxkər/

    Noun

    siùcar m (genitive singular siùcair, plural siùcaran)

    1. sugar

    Derived terms

    Mutation

    Mutation of siùcar
    radical lenition
    siùcar shiùcar
    after "an", t-siùcar

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

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