cloan

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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)

  1. 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.
  2. descendants(s)

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cloan chloan gloan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

cloan

  1. third-person plural future colloquial of cloi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cloan gloan nghloan chloan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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