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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
clann (plural clanns)
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cland (“children, family, offspring”), from Old Welsh plant (“children”), from Latin planta (“shoot, twig, sprout”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
clann f (genitive singular clainne, nominative plural clanna)
- children, offspring
- race, descendants, clan
- (historical) followers
- (literary) plant
- lock (of hair)
- (weaving) two interlocked threads on warping frame
Declension[edit]
Declension of clann
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| clann | chlann | gclann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
clann (verbal noun clannaghey or clanney, past participle clannit)
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| clann | chlann | glann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Middle Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.
Noun[edit]
clann f
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
clann f (dative singular cloinn, genitive singular cloinne, no plural)
- children, offspring, progeny
- clann an cloinne ― their children’s children
- thoir seo don chloinn ― give this to the children
- 1993, Dr. Richard Cox, Anne Lorne Gillies, “Speaking our Language 7:1”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- A bheil clann agaibh?
- Do you have children?
- clan, tribe
- clann Dòmhnaill ― the MacDonalds
- 1882, proverb, A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases : based on Macintosh's collection, page 150:
- Clanna nan Gàidheal an guaillibh a chéile!
- May all the clans stand shoulder to shoulder!
- lock, ringlet, curl
- na clannaibh ― in [her] curls
- race
Usage notes[edit]
- Often used in the phrase duine cloinne (literally "person of children") to refer to a single child.
Derived terms[edit]
- clann-nighean (“girls”)
- drabasdachd ri cloinn (“child pornography”)
- seòmar-cloinne (“nursery”)
- Sgrìob Chlann Uisnich; Slighe Chlann Uisnich (“the Milky Way”)
- tinneas-cloinne (“childhood disease; childbirth”)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: clan
See also[edit]
- leanabh (“child”)
Mutation[edit]
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| clann | chlann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “clann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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