Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• tàchara
• tàchran

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

• tàcharan-cubhaige

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “tacharán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.