laprachán

Irish

Etymology

From lapaire (“toddler”) +‎ -achán. Sjoestedt-Jonval glosses the term as “lutin, kobold”, 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/

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: Case Singular Plural Nominative laprachán lapracháin Vocative a lapracháin a laprachána Genitive lapracháin laprachán Dative laprachán lapracháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an laprachán na lapracháin Genitive an lapracháin na laprachán Dative leis an laprachán don laprachán leis na lapracháin

Synonyms

• (toddler): lapadán

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “lapraċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “laprachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN