Cukura

Cukura is the genitive singular form of the Latvian noun cukurs, which means sugar. It is not a standalone lexical entry in everyday speech; rather, it serves as a grammatical form used in noun phrases to express relationships such as possession, origin, material, or quantity.

In usage, cukura appears in attributive or compound phrases where “of sugar” needs to be indicated. Common examples include cukura daudzums (the amount of sugar), cukura kristāli (sugar crystals), and cukura saturs (sugar content). In constructions that quantify substances, it often follows units of measure, as in divi kilogrami cukura (two kilograms of sugar), where cukura is in the genitive form to relate the quantity to the substance.

Linguistic notes about Latvian inflection show that the genitive case is used to mark relationships of quantity, material, possession, and description. Cukura functions as the dependent form modifying other nouns or appearing in set phrases that specify sugar-related properties or quantities.

Etymology and cognates: cukurs (sugar) is a common Baltic word with cognates in related languages, such as Lithuanian cukrus and Polish cukier. The Latvian term is believed to be a loanword from Germanic or Central European sources that entered the Baltic languages through contact, reflecting the widespread historical trade and exchange of sugar across Europe.

See also: cukurs, Latvian grammar, genitive case.