anamchara
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish anmcharae (“confessor, spiritual director”, literally “soul-friend”), from ainim(m) (“soul”) + carae (“friend”). By surface analysis, anam + cara.
Noun
anamchara m (genitive singular anamcharad, nominative plural anamchairde)
- spiritual adviser, confidant
- (deprecated) kindred spirit, soulmate
Declension
Declension of anamchara
Fifth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anamchara | n-anamchara | hanamchara | t-anamchara |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anamchara”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “anmcharae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “anamchara” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “anamchara” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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