siwgr

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Welsh

Alternative forms

siwgwr (North Wales colloquial)

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman sucre, from Old French çucre, chucre, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar).

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ʃʊɡr/,
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʃʊɡʊr/
(South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ʃʊɡr/,
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːɡɪr/, /ˈʃʊɡɪr/

Noun

siwgr m (usually uncountable, plural siwgrau or siwgroedd, not mutable)

sugar

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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