laprachán
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom lapaire (“toddler”) + -achán. Sjoestedt-Jonval glosses the term as “lutin, kobold”,[1] suggesting that in the dialect she is describing it has been conflated with luprachán, an alternative form of lucharachán (“leprechaun”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlaprachán m (genitive singular lapracháin, nominative plural lapracháin)
- toddler
- a person crawling on all fours
- a person with clumsy hands
Declension
editDeclension of laprachán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
edit- (toddler): lapadán
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 228, page 115
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “lapraċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “laprachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN