anamchara
Irish (Donegal)
noun
Definitions
- spiritual adviser, confidant
- (deprecated) kindred spirit, soulmate
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Irish anmcharae (confessor, spiritual director, soul-friend) affix from Irish anam (spirit, liveliness) + Irish cara (friend, friends).
Origin
Irish (Donegal)
cara
Gloss
friend, friends
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
ć
Emoji
đ¶
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cara Italian
- anam Irish
- anamchairdeas Irish
- anamimirce Irish
- anamĂșil Irish
- banchara Irish
- cairdiĂșil Irish
- cara Irish
- neaschara Irish
- ainimm, ainim Old Irish
- anmcharae Middle Irish
- cara Middle Irish