anamchara

Irish

Etymology

From anam +‎ cara.

Noun

anamchara m (genitive singular anamcharad, nominative plural anamchairde)

  1. spiritual adviser, confidant, kindred spirit, soulmate

Declension
Declension of anamchara

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative anamchara anamchairde
Vocative a anamchara a anamchairde
Genitive anamcharad anamchairde
Dative anamchara
anamcharaid (archaic, dialectal)		 anamchairde

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-anamchara na hanamchairde
Genitive an anamcharad na n-anamchairde
Dative leis an anamchara
leis an anamcharaid (archaic, dialectal)

don anamchara
don anamcharaid (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na hanamchairde

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  • "anamchara" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “confidant” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “kindred spirit” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “soulmate” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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