English edit

Noun edit

clann (plural clanns)

  1. Obsolete spelling of clan

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)

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

Declension edit

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

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)

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

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

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

Descendants edit

  • Irish: clann
  • Manx: cloan
  • Scottish Gaelic: clann

Further reading edit

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)

  1. children, offspring, progeny
    clann an cloinnetheir children’s children
    thoir seo don chloinngive 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?
  2. clan, tribe
    clann Dòmhnaillthe MacDonalds
  3. lock, ringlet, curl
    na clannaibhin [her] curls
  4. race

Usage notes edit

  • Often used in the phrase duine cloinne (literally "person of children") to refer to a single child.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

See also edit

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