cloan
Manx
Etymology
From Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [klɔːn]
Noun
cloan f (genitive singular clienney, no plural)
- children
- Çhymnee eh da cloan ny clienney eu. ― Pass it down to your children's children.
- Ta saynt shiaght saggyrt ayns dooinney gyn cloan. ― A man without children has the lust of seven parsons.
- T'ee er ruggaghtyn ymmodee cloan. ― She has borne many children.
- T'ee brey clienney. ― She is bearing children.
- T'ee moir ny clienney. ― She is the mother of the children.
- descendants(s)
Derived terms
- lhiass-chloan f (“stepchildren”)
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cloan | chloan | gloan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “clann”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
Welsh
Alternative forms
- cloant (literary)
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈklɔ.an/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkloː.an/, /ˈklɔ.an/
Verb
cloan
- (colloquial) third-person plural future of cloi
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cloan | gloan | nghloan | chloan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |