clann

English

Noun

clann (plural clanns)

1. 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)

1. (collective) children
2. clan

Declension

Declension of clann (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative clann clanna vocative a chlann a chlanna genitive clainne clann dative clann clainn (archaic, dialectal) clanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chlann na clanna genitive na clainne na gclann dative leis an gclann leis an gclainn (archaic, dialectal) don chlann don chlainn (archaic, dialectal) leis na clanna

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

Mutated forms of clann

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clann	chlann	gclann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “clann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Manx

Etymology

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Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• clanneyder

Mutation

Mutation of clann

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clann	chlann	glann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

clann f

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”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

FWOTD – 10 February 2017

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)

1. children, offspring, progeny

   clann an cloinne ― their 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 Dòmhnaill ― the MacDonalds

   • 1882, proverb, A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases : based on Macintosh's collection, page 150:

     Clanna nan Gàidheal an guaillibh a chéile!

     May all the Highlander clans stand shoulder to shoulder!

3. race
4. 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

Declension of clann (class IIa feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	clann	clannan
genitive	cloinne	chlann
dative	cloinn	clannan; clannaibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') chlann	(na) clannan
genitive	(na) cloinne	(nan) clann
dative	(a') chloinn	(na) clannan; clannaibh1
vocative	chlann	chlanna

¹ archaic or poetic form

• 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

Mutation of clann

radical	lenition
clann	chlann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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