sykur

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish sukker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zucker, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic ⁧سُكَّر⁩ (sukkar), from Early Modern Persian ⁧شکر⁩ (šakar), from Middle Persian ⁧𐭱𐭪𐭥⁩ (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪːkʏr/
    Rhymes: -ɪːkʏr

Noun

sykur m or n (genitive singular sykurs, no plural)

  1. sugar

Declension
declension of sykur
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative sykur sykurinn
accusative sykur sykurinn
dative sykri sykrinum
genitive sykurs sykursins
declension of sykur
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative sykur sykrið
accusative sykur sykrið
dative sykri sykrinu
genitive sykurs sykursins

Derived terms
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