cùram

See also: curam and cúram

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cúram, from Latin cūram, accusative singular of cūra.

Noun

cùram m (genitive singular cùraim, plural cùraman)

1. care, responsibility
2. worry, anxiety, preoccupation

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ana-cùram (“negligence, carelessness”)
• cùramach (“careful, cautious, responsible; attentive, heedful, mindful, thoughtful; anxious; economical, thrifty”)
• cùramachd

• cùramachas
• gun chùram (“nonchalant; irresponsible; without portfolio; nonchalantly; irresponsibly”)
• mì-chùram (“carelessness, negligence, remissness”)