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cúramach

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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)

Descendants

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  • → Yola: courmach

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cúramach
radical lenition eclipsis
cúramach chúramach gcúramach

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

Further reading

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