laochan
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editNoun
editlaochan 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?