цукар

Belarusian

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.

Italian zuccherobor.

Middle High German zuckerbor.

Old Polish cukier

Polish cukierbor.

Old Ruthenian цу́коръ (cúkor)

Belarusian цукар (cukar)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian цу́коръ (cúkor), borrowed from Polish cukier, from Old Polish cukier, borrowed from Middle High German zucker, borrowed from 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): [ˈt͡sukar]
Audio: (file)

Noun

цу́кар • (cúkar) m inan (genitive цу́кру, nominative plural цукры́, genitive plural цукро́ў, relational adjective цукро́вы)

sugar

Declension

Declension of цу́кар (inan hard masc-form accent-c reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	цу́кар cúkar	цукры́ cukrý
genitive	цу́кру cúkru	цукро́ў cukrów
dative	цу́кру cúkru	цукра́м cukrám
accusative	цу́кар cúkar	цукры́ cukrý
instrumental	цу́крам cúkram	цукра́мі cukrámi
locative	цу́кры cúkry	цукра́х cukráx
count form	—	цу́кры¹ cúkry¹

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

“цукар” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org