anamchara

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish anmcharae (confessor, spiritual director, literally soul-friend), from ainim(m) (soul) + carae (friend). By surface analysis, anam +‎ cara.

Noun

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anamchara m (genitive singular anamcharad, nominative plural anamchairde)

  1. spiritual adviser, confidant
  2. (deprecated) kindred spirit, soulmate

Declension

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Mutation

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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

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