anamchara

Irish

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

anamchara m (genitive singular anamcharad, nominative plural anamchairde)

Declension of anamchara (fifth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	anamchara	anamchairde
vocative	a anamchara	a anamchairde
genitive	anamcharad	anamchairde
dative	anamchara anamcharaid (archaic, dialectal)	anamchairde

forms with the definite article
	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

Mutated forms of *anamchara*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anamchara	n-anamchara	hanamchara	t-anamchara

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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“anamchara”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025