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cúramach
cúramach
Irish
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
- mórchúramach (“exercising great care, great responsibility”)
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. | ||
Old Irish
Etymology
cúram (“care, solicitude, responsibility”) + -ach
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuːramax/
Adjective
cúramach
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cúramach | chúramach | cúramach pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||