cúram

See also: curam and cùram

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːɾˠəmˠ/

Noun

cúram m (genitive singular cúraim, nominative plural cúraimí)

1. care, responsibility
2. family
3. charge, task, duty
4. need

Declension

Declension of cúram

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cúram cúraimí Vocative a chúraim a chúrama Genitive cúraim cúram Dative cúram cúraimí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cúram na cúraimí Genitive an chúraim na gcúram Dative leis an gcúram don chúram leis na cúraimí

Derived terms

• cúramaí
• cúramán
• cúramóir (“carer”)
• féinchúram (“self-care”)
• mórchúramach

 

Related terms

• cúramach (“careful”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúram	chúram	gcúram
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúram”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN