tàcharan

== 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 Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tacharán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language