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
singular plural
nominative lucharachán lucharacháin
vocative a lucharacháin a lucharachána
genitive lucharacháin lucharachán
dative lucharachán lucharacháin
forms with the definite article
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

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