cúramach
Irish
Etymology
From cúram + -ach. Compare Manx currymagh and Scottish Gaelic cùramach.
Adjective
cúramach (genitive singular masculine cúramaigh, genitive singular feminine cúramaí, plural cúramacha, comparative cúramaí)
Declension
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
- anchúramach (“over-solicitous; officious”, adjective)
- mórchúramach (“exercising great care, great responsibility”, adjective)
Mutation
| 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. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúramach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cúramach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “careful”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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