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cukurs

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Cukurs (sense 1)
Cukura graudiņi

Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Zucker, first attested in Latvian in the 17th century as sukurs, apparently via Livonian sukker. The form cukurs, with the initial s "corrected" to c [ts], occurs only later, in the 19th century. The German word is itself a borrowing from Italian zucchero, also borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Persian شکر (šakar), borrowed from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, ground sugar).[1] Doublet of krokodils.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [tsukuɾs]
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    • Hyphenation: cu‧kurs

    Noun

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    cukurs m (1st declension)

    1. (chilefly in the singular) sugar (white, crystalline powder used to sweeten drinks and foods)
      biešu cukursbeet sugar
      niedru cukurscane sugar
      smalkais cukursgranulated (lit. fine) sugar
      cukura graudiņisugar cubes
      cukura sīrupssugar syrup
      dzert tēju ar cukuruto drink tea with sugar
      Mēs arvien dzērām tik saldu kafiju, ka cukurs vēl palika neizkusis krūzītes dibenā
      We always drank coffee so sweet, the sugar remained undissolved at the bottom of the cup.
    2. (singular or plural) sugar (organic substance of the carbohydrate group)
      dabiskie cukurinatural sugars
      vienkāršie cukuri (monosaharīdi)simple sugars (monosaccharides)
      piena cukurs (laktoze)milk sugar (lactose)
      augļu cukurs (fruktoze)fruit sugar (fructose)
      vīnogu cukurs (glikoze)grape sugar (glucose)
      Cukuri labi šķīst ūdenī, un līdz ar to tie ātri izsūcas caur gremošanas orgānu sieniņām, ātri nokļūst asinīs un ātri var tikt izmantoti organismā.
      Sugars dissolve well in water; consequently, they are quickly absorbed through the walls of the digestive organs, quickly enter the bloodstream and can quickly be used in the organism.

    Declension

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    Descendants

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    • Livonian: tsukkõr

    References

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    1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “cukurs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN