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cúram

cúram

See also: curam and cùram

Irish

Noun

cúram m (genitive singular cúraim, nominative plural cúraimí)

  1. care, responsibility
  2. family
  3. charge, task, duty
  4. need

Declension

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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.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin cūram, accusative singular of cūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːram/

Noun

cúram m

  1. care, solicitude, responsibility

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

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Descendants