laprachán

Irish

Etymology

From 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

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑpˠəɾˠəxɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

laprachán m (genitive singular lapracháin, nominative plural lapracháin)

  1. toddler
  2. a person crawling on all fours
  3. a person with clumsy hands

Declension

Declension of laprachán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative laprachán lapracháin
vocative a lapracháin a laprachána
genitive lapracháin laprachán
dative laprachán lapracháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an laprachán na lapracháin
genitive an lapracháin na laprachán
dative leis an laprachán
don laprachán 		leis na lapracháin

Synonyms

  • (toddler): lapadán

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 228, page 115

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