clann

English

Noun

clann(pluralclanns)

1. Obsoletespelling ofclan.

Irish

Etymology

FromOld Irishcland(“children, family, offspring”),fromOld Welshplant(“children”),fromLatinplanta(“shoot, twig, sprout”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster)IPA^(key):/kl̪ˠɑun̪ˠ/
• (Galway)IPA^(key):/klˠɑːn̪ˠ/,/kl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Mayo,Ulster)IPA^(key):/klˠan̪ˠ/,/kl̪ˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

clannf(genitive singularclainne,nominative pluralclanna)

1. (collective)children
2. clan

Declension

Declension ofclann

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative clann clanna Vocative achlann achlanna Genitive clainne clann Dative clann clainn(archaic, dialectal) clanna

Forms with thedefinite article Case Singular Plural Nominative anchlann naclanna Genitive naclainne nagclann Dative leis angclann leis angclainn(archaic, dialectal) donchlann donchlainn(archaic, dialectal) leis naclanna

Derived terms

• Ádhamhchlann
• ag iompar clainne
• breith clainne(“child-birth”)
• Clann Bhullaí
• clann clainne(“grandchildren, descendants”)
• Clann Liútair
• clannach
• clannaigh(“plant; procreate; luxuriate”)
• clannchuid(“portion”)
• clannmhaicne(“male issue; descendants”)
• clannmhar(“having many children; prolific; luxuriant”)
• clannóg(“lock, tress”)
• duine clainne(“child (of family)”)
• iompar clainne(“gestation, pregnancy”)
• sinsear na clainne(“first-born (child)”)
• tinneas clainne(“pangs of childbirth”)

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall(1977) “clann”,inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla,Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN

Manx

Etymology

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Verb

clann(verbal nounclannagheyorclanney,past participleclannit)

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

Derived terms

• clanneyder

Mutation

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

Etymology

FromOld Irishcland,fromOld Welshplant,fromLatinplanta.

Noun

clannf

1. children
2. family
3. offspring
4. 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”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

FWOTD – 10 February 2017

Etymology

FromMiddle Irishclann,fromOld Irishcland,borrowed fromOld Welshplant,borrowed fromLatinplanta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kʰl̪ˠaun̪ˠ/

Noun

clannf

1. children,offspring,progeny

   clannancloinne―theirchildren’schildren

   Thoir seo donchloinn!―Give this to thechildren!

   • 1993,Dr. Richard Cox, Anne Lorne Gillies, “Speaking our Language 7:1”,in(Please provide the book title or journal name):

     A bheilclannagaibh?

     Do you havechildren?

2. clan,tribe

   clannDòmhnaill―the MacDonalds

   • 1882,proverb,A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases: based on Macintosh's collection,page150:

     Clannanan Gàidheal an guaillibh a chéile!

     May all the Highlanderclansstand shoulder to shoulder!

3. race
4. lock,ringlet,curl(of hair)

   naclannaibh―in [her]curls

Usage notes

• Often used in the phraseduinecloinne(“personof children”)to refer to a single child.

Declension

Declension ofclann(class IIa feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	clann	clannan
Genitive	cloinne	chlann
Dative	cloinn	clannan;clannaibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(a')chlann	(na)clannan
Genitive	(na)cloinne	(nan)clann
Dative	(a')chloinn	(na)clannan;clannaibh✝
Vocative	chlann	chlanna

^✝obsolete form, used until the 19th century

• Alternative genitive singular:cloinneadh

Derived terms

• clann-nighean(“girls”)
• drabasdachd ri cloinn(“child pornography”)
• seòmar-cloinne(“nursery”)
• Sgrìob Chlann Uisnich(“the Milky Way”)
• Slighe Chlann Uisnich(“the Milky Way”)
• tinneas-cloinne(“childhood disease; childbirth”)

Descendants

• →English:clan(see there for further descendants)

See also

• leanabh(“child”)

Mutation

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “clann”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan[The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1],10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited,→ISBN
• Colin Mark(2003) “clann”, inThe Gaelic-English dictionary,London: Routledge,→ISBN,page139
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clann”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language