anchúramach

Irish

Etymology

From an- (“excessively”) +‎ cúramach (“careful; tender; busy, full of care”) or anchúram (“over-solicitude”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

anchúramach (genitive singular masculine anchúramaigh, genitive singular feminine anchúramaí, plural anchúramacha, comparative anchúramaí)

1. over-solicitous; officious

Declension

Declension of anchúramach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	anchúramach	anchúramach	anchúramacha
vocative	anchúramaigh		anchúramacha
genitive		anchúramaí	anchúramacha	anchúramach
dative	anchúramach	anchúramach; anchúramaigh (archaic)	anchúramacha
Comparative	níos anchúramaí
Superlative	is anchúramaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of anchúramach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anchúramach	n-anchúramach	hanchúramach	not applicable

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

Further reading

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