anchúramach

Irish

Etymology

From an- (“excessively”) +‎ cúramach (“careful; tender; busy, full of care”) or anchúram (“over-solicitude”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

anchúramach (genitive singular masculine anchúramaigh, genitive singular feminine anchúramaí, plural anchúramacha, comparative anchúramaí)

1. over-solicitous; officious

Declension

Declension of anchúramach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	anchúramach	anchúramach	anchúramacha
Vocative	anchúramaigh		anchúramacha
Genitive		anchúramaí	anchúramacha	anchúramach
Dative	anchúramach	anchúramach; anchúramaigh (archaic)	anchúramacha
Comparative	níos anchúramaí
Superlative	is anchúramaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anchúramach	n-anchúramach	hanchúramach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anchúramach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN