banchara

Irish

Etymology

ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ cara (“friend”)

Noun

banchara m (genitive singular bancharad, nominative plural banchairde)

1. lady friend, woman friend

Declension

Declension of banchara (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative banchara banchairde vocative a bhanchara a bhanchairde genitive bancharad banchairde dative banchara banchairde forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an banchara na banchairde genitive an bhancharad na mbanchairde dative leis an mbanchara don bhanchara leis na banchairde

Mutation

Mutated forms of banchara

radical	lenition	eclipsis
banchara	bhanchara	mbanchara

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banchara”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN