clann

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English

Noun

clann (plural clanns)

  1. Obsolete spelling of clan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cland (“children, family, offspring”), from Old Welsh plant (“children”), from Latin planta (“shoot, twig, sprout”).

Pronunciation

Noun

clann f (genitive singular clainne, nominative plural clanna)

  1. children, offspring
  2. race, descendants, clan
  3. (historical) followers
  4. (literary) plant
  5. lock (of hair)
  6. (weaving) two interlocked threads on warping frame

Declension

Declension of clann

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative clann clanna
Vocative a chlann a chlanna
Genitive clainne clann
Dative clann
clainn (archaic, dialectal) 		clanna

Forms with the definite article

Case 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

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

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)

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

Derived terms

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

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

FWOTD – 10 February 2017

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

clann f (dative singular cloinn, genitive singular cloinne, no plural)

  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
  3. lock, ringlet, curl
    na clannaibh ― in curls
  4. race

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

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”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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