lucharachán

Irish

Alternative forms

• leipreachán, lucharbán, luchargán, lucharpán, luchormán, luchorpán, luchramán, luprachán

Etymology

From Middle Irish luchrupán, from Old Irish luchorpán (from Old Irish lú (“small”, from Proto-Indo-European *legʷʰ-) +‎ corp (“body”, which is from Latin corpus) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix)).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʊxəɾˠəxɑːnˠ/

Noun

lucharachán m (genitive singular lucharacháin, nominative plural lucharacháin)

1. (Irish folklore) leprechaun
2. elf
3. dwarf, pygmy
4. (by extension) small puny creature

Declension

Declension of lucharachán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative lucharachán lucharacháin vocative a lucharacháin a lucharachána genitive lucharacháin lucharachán dative lucharachán lucharacháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an lucharachán na lucharacháin genitive an lucharacháin na lucharachán dative leis an lucharachán don lucharachán leis na lucharacháin

Derived terms

• lucharachán éin (“nestling”)
• lucharachán linbh (“toddler”)

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lucharachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “lucharachán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024