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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
Related terms
Mutation
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.