clann

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English

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Noun

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clann (plural clanns)

  1. Obsolete spelling of clan.

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cland (children, family, offspring),[1] from Old Welsh plant (children), from Latin planta (shoot, twig, sprout).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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clann f (genitive singular clainne, nominative plural clanna)

  1. (collective) children
  2. clan

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 199, page 100

Further reading

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Manx

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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clann f

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

Descendants

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  • Irish: clann
  • Manx: cloan
  • Scottish Gaelic: clann
    • English: clan (see there for further descendants)

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, borrowed from Latin planta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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clann f

  1. children, offspring, progeny
    clann an cloinnetheir 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?
  2. clan, tribe
    clann Dòmhnaillthe MacDonalds
  3. race
  4. lock, ringlet, curl (of hair)
    na clannaibhin [her] curls

Usage notes

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: clan (see there for further descendants)

See also

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “clann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “clann”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 139
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language