lucharachán

Irish

Alternative forms
  • leipreachán, lucharbán, luchargán, lucharpán, luchormán, luchorpán, luchramán, luprachán

Etymology

From Middle Irish luchrupán, from Old Irish luchorpán, from 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
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