cùram

See also: curam and cúram

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *cúramm, from Latin cūram, accusative singular of cūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰuːɾəm/

Noun

cùram m (genitive singular cùraim, plural cùraman)

1. care, responsibility
2. worry, anxiety, preoccupation

Derived terms

• ana-cùram (“negligence, carelessness”)
• cùramach (“careful, cautious”)
• cùramachas
• cùramachd
• gun chùram (“nonchalant; irresponsible”)
• mì-chùram (“carelessness, negligence”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cùram	chùram
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.