clann

clann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cland (“children, family, offspring”), from Old Welsh plant (“children”), from Latin planta (“shoot, twig, sprout”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠɑun̪ˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

clann f (genitive singular clainne, nominative plural clanna)

1. children, offspring
2. race, descendants, clan
3. (historical) followers
4. (literary) plant
5. (of hair) lock
6. (weaving) two interlocked threads on warping frame

Declension

Declension of clann

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative clann clanna Vocative a chlann a chlanna Genitive clainne clann Dative clann clainn (archaic, dialectal) clanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chlann na clanna Genitive na clainne na gclann Dative leis an gclann leis an gclainn (archaic, dialectal) don chlann don chlainn (archaic, dialectal) leis na clanna

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
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

• 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

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Manx

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

clann (verbal noun clannaghey or clanney, past participle clannit)

1. colonize, populate
2. thicken (as liquid)

Derived terms

• clanneyder

Mutation

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.

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.

Noun

clann f

1. children
2. family
3. offspring
4. plant

Descendants

• Irish: clann
• Manx: cloan
• Scottish Gaelic: clann
  • → English: clan
    • → Catalan: clan
    • → Dutch: clan
    • → French: clan
      • → Turkish: klan
    • → Galician: clan
    • → German: Clan
    • → Italian: clan
    • → Polish: klan
    • → Russian: клан (klan)
    • → Portuguese: clan, clã
    • → Spanish: clan

Further reading

• 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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Scottish Gaelic

FWOTD – 10 February 2017

Etymology

From Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰl̪ˠaun̪ˠ/

Noun

clann f (genitive singular cloinne)

1. 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

2. 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

3. lock, ringlet, curl

   na clannaibh ― in [her] curls

4. 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

• → English: clan
  • → Catalan: clan
  • → Dutch: clan
  • → French: clan
    • → Turkish: klan
  • → Galician: clan
  • → German: Clan
  • → Italian: clan
  • → Polish: klan
  • → Russian: клан (klan)
  • → Portuguese: clan, clã
  • → Spanish: clan

See also

• leanabh (“child”)

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “clann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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