cúramach

See also: curamach and cùramach

Irish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːɾˠəmˠəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːɾˠəmˠa(h)/

Adjective edit

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

careful
tender
busy, full of care

Declension edit

Declension of cúramach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cúramach	chúramach	cúramacha; chúramacha²
Vocative	chúramaigh	chúramach	cúramacha
Genitive	chúramaigh	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 edit

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

Mutation edit

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.