cúram

See also: curam and cùram

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːɾˠəmˠ/[1]

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

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.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 102

Further reading
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