tàcharan

See also: tacharan and tacharán

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tacharán (“orphan, waif”).

Noun

tàcharan m (genitive singular tàcharain, plural tàcharanan)

  1. changeling
  2. (dated) orphan
  3. (dated) weak, helpless, cowardly, feeble person
  4. (obsolete) yelling of ghosts

Derived terms

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
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