korrigan

See also: Korrigan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton korrigan, from korr (“dwarf”) + -ig (diminutive suffix) + -an (hypocoristic suffix)

Noun

korrigan (plural korrigans)

1. A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent Breton fairy princess.
   • 1945, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, HarperCollins, published 2019, →ISBN, page 9:

     A continental Celtic female fairy called a corrigan, malevolent, sometimes seductive.

Breton

Etymology

From korr (“dwarf”) + -ig (diminutive suffix) + -an (hypocoristic suffix)

Noun

korrigan m (plural korriganed)

1. korrigan
2. (humorous) a short person

Derived terms

• korriganez

 

Inflection

  Mutation of korrigan  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	korrigan	gorrigan	c'horrigan	unchanged
plural	korriganed	gorriganed	c'horriganed	unchanged

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁi.ɡɑ̃/

Noun

korrigan m (plural korrigans, feminine korrigane)

1. korrigan

Further reading

• “korrigan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.