mórchúramach

Irish

Etymology 1

From mór- +‎ cúramach.

Adjective

mórchúramach (genitive singular masculine mórchúramaigh, genitive singular feminine mórchúramaí, plural mórchúramacha, comparative mórchúramaí)

1. exercising great care, great responsibility

Etymology 2

From mór- (“great, large”) +‎ cúram (“family”) + -ach.

Adjective

mórchúramach (genitive singular masculine mórchúramaigh, genitive singular feminine mórchúramaí, plural mórchúramacha, comparative mórchúramaí)

1. having a large household

Declension

Declension of mórchúramach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	mórchúramach	mhórchúramach	mórchúramacha; mhórchúramacha2
vocative	mhórchúramaigh		mórchúramacha
genitive		mórchúramaí	mórchúramacha	mórchúramach
dative	mórchúramach; mhórchúramach1	mhórchúramach; mhórchúramaigh (archaic)	mórchúramacha; mhórchúramacha2
Comparative	níos mórchúramaí
Superlative	is mórchúramaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórchúramach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mórchúramach	mhórchúramach	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) “mórchúramach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mórchúramach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024