clann
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Noun ===
clann (plural clanns)
Obsolete spelling of clan.
== Irish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland (“children, family, offspring”), from Old Welsh plant (“children”), from Latin planta (“shoot, twig, sprout”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Munster) IPA(key): /kl̪ˠaun̪ˠ/
(Galway) IPA(key): /klˠɑːn̪ˠ/, /kl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /klˠan̪ˠ/
=== Noun ===
clann f (genitive singular clainne, nominative plural clanna)
(collective) children
clan
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “clann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
== 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)
colonize, populate
thicken (as liquid)
==== Derived terms ====
clanneyder
=== Mutation ===
== Middle Irish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.
=== Noun ===
clann f
children
family
offspring
plant
==== Descendants ====
Irish: clann
Manx: cloan
Scottish Gaelic: clann→ English: clan (see there for further descendants)
=== Further reading ===
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, borrowed from Latin planta.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ/
(South Argyll) IPA(key): /kʰl̪ˠɛn̪ˠː/
=== Noun ===
clann f (dative singular cloinn, genitive singular cloinne)
children, offspring, progeny
clann an cloinne ― their children’s children
Thoir seo don chloinn! ― Give this to the children!
clan, tribe
clann Dòmhnaill ― the MacDonalds
race
lock, ringlet, curl (of hair)
na clannaibh ― in [her] curls
==== Usage notes ====
Often used in the phrase duine cloinne (“person of children”) to refer to a single child.
==== Declension ====
Alternative genitive singular: cloinneadh
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ English: clan (see there for further descendants)
=== See also ===
leanabh (“child”)
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Edward Dwelly (1911), “clann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Mark, Colin (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