clann
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cland (“children, family, offspring”), from Old Welsh plant (“children”), from Latin planta (“shoot, twig, sprout”).
Pronunciation
Declension
Declension of clann
Second declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- Ádhamhchlann
- ag iompar clainne
- breith clainne
- clannach
- clannaigh
- Clann Bhullaí
- clannchuid
- clann clainne
- Clann Liútair
- clannmhaicne
- clannmhar
- clannóg
- duine clainne
- iompar clainne
- sinsear na clainne
- tinneas clainne
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- "clann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “clann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Manx
Verb
clann (verbal noun clannaghey or clanney, past participle clannit)
Derived terms
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
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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
Scottish Gaelic
FWOTD – 10 February 2017
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰl̪ˠaun̪ˠ/
Noun
clann f (genitive singular cloinne)
- children, offspring, progeny
- 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?
- clann an cloinne ― their children’s children
- thoir seo don chloinn ― give this to the children
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- clan, tribe
- 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!
- clann Dòmhnaill ― the MacDonalds
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- lock, ringlet, curl
- na clannaibh ― in [her] curls
- race
Usage notes
- Often used in the phrase duine cloinne (literally "person of children") to refer to a single child.
Derived terms
- drabasdachd ri cloinn (“child pornography”)
- seòmar-cloinne (“nursery”)
- Sgrìob Chlann Uisnich/Slighe Chlann Uisnich (“the Milky Way”)
- tinneas-cloinne (“childhood disease; childbirth”)
Descendants
See also
- leanabh (“child”)
Further reading
- 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
- “clann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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