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) sugar ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === 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