tàcharan
See also: tacharan and tacharán
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- tàchara
- tàchran
Etymology
From Old Irish tacharán (“orphan, waif”).
Noun
tàcharan m (genitive singular tàcharain, plural tàcharanan)
- changeling
- (dated) orphan
- (dated) weak, helpless, cowardly, feeble person
- (obsolete) yelling of ghosts
Derived terms
- tàcharan-cubhaige
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “tàcharan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tacharán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language