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