cùram

See also: curam and cúram

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰuːɾəm/

Noun

cùram m (genitive singular cùraim, plural cùraman)

care, responsibility
custody, charge, command, trust
worry, anxiety, preoccupation
(Christianity, chiefly Lewis) religiosity, devoutness, state of having converted
thàinig an cùram air ― he has been converted

Derived terms

ana-cùram (“negligence, carelessness”)
cùramach (“careful, cautious”)
cùramachas
cùramachd
gun chùram (“nonchalant; irresponsible”)
mì-chùram (“carelessness, negligence”)

Mutation

Mutation of *cùram*
radical	lenition
cùram	chùram

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.