cúramach

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See also: curamach and cùramach

Irish

Etymology

From cúram +‎ -ach. Compare Manx currymagh and Scottish Gaelic cùramach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cúramach (genitive singular masculine cúramaigh, genitive singular feminine cúramaí, plural cúramacha, comparative cúramaí)

  1. careful
  2. tender
  3. busy, full of care

Declension

Declension of cúramach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cúramach chúramach cúramacha;
chúramacha2
vocative chúramaigh cúramacha
genitive cúramaí cúramacha cúramach
dative cúramach;
chúramach1 		chúramach;
chúramaigh (archaic) 		cúramacha;
chúramacha2
Comparative níos cúramaí
Superlative is cúramaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • anchúramach (“over-solicitous; officious”, adjective)
  • mórchúramach (“exercising great care, great responsibility”, adjective)

Descendants

  • → Yola: courmach

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúramach
radical lenition eclipsis
cúramach chúramach gcúramach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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