laochan
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
laochan m (genitive singular laochain, plural laochain)
- Diminutive of laoch
- boy, lad
Usage notes edit
- Used especially in the vocative when addressing a young boy, in a sense similar to American English champ:
- Ciamar a tha thu an-diugh, a laochain?
- How are you today, lad?