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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banchara	bhanchara	mbanchara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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