sukur

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Faroese

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Etymology

From Danish sukker, from Middle Low German sucker, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel).

Pronunciation

Noun

sukur m (genitive singular sukurs, uncountable)

  1. sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)

Declension

n13s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative sukur sukrið
Accusative sukur sukrið
Dative sukri sukrinum
Genitive sukurs sukursins

Derived terms

Ternate

Etymology

Reborrowed from Malay syukur, from Arabic شُكْر (šukr).

Pronunciation

Noun

sukur

  1. Alternative form of suku (thanks, gratitude)

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh