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cúramach

See also: curamach and cùramach

Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

Declension

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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

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

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cúramach chúramach gcúramach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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