siúcra

Irish

Alternative forms

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
    Irish siúcra

    From Middle Irish siúcra[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic siùcar), from Anglo-Norman sucre, from Old French çucre, from Old Italian zucchero.

    Pronunciation

    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 (“sugar stick”)
    • biatas siúcra (“sugar-beet”)
    • cána siúcra (“sugarcane”)
    • coirceog shiúcra (“sugar-loaf”)
    • leathchloch shiúcra (“half-stone of sugar”)
    • mailp an tsiúcra (“sugar maple”)
    • plandáil siúcra (“sugar plantation”)
    • scaglann siúcra (“sugar refinery”)
    • siúcra bainne (“sugar of milk, lactose”)
    • siúcra bán (“white sugar”)
    • siúcra biatais (“beet sugar”)
    • siúcra cána (“cane sugar”)
    • siúcra candaí (“sugar-candy”)
    • siúcra dóite (“burnt sugar”)
    • 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 (“saccharify, sugar”)
    • siúcramhéadar (“saccharimeter”)
    • siúcrós (“sucrose”)
    • siúcrúil (“sugary”)
    • tlú siúcra (“sugar tongs”)

    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.

    References

    1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “siúcra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
    2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 39
    3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 235
    4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 355, page 121

    Further reading

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