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)

1. 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.
2. descendants(s)

Derived terms

• lhiass-chloan f (“stepchildren”)

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• cloant (literary)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔ.an/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkloː.an/, /ˈklɔ.an/

Verb

cloan

1. (colloquial) third-person plural future of cloi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.