tàcharan

See also: tacharan and tacharán

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• tàchara
• tàchran

Etymology

From Old Irish tacharán (“orphan, waif”).

Noun

tàcharan m (genitive singular tàcharain, plural tàcharanan)

1. changeling
2. (dated) orphan
3. (dated) weak, helpless, cowardly, feeble person
4. (obsolete) yelling of ghosts

Derived terms

• tàcharan-cubhaige

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “tàcharan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tacharán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language