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Manx
Etymology
From Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.
Pronunciation
Noun
cloan f (genitive singular clienney, no plural)
- 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.
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Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
cloan
- third-person plural future colloquial of cloi
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.