Irish

Noun

clann f ‎(genitive singular clainne, nominative plural clanna)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "clann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “clann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Manx

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• clanneyder

Mutation

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

References

• “clann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

clann f ‎(genitive singular cloinne)

1. children, offspring, descendants

   clann an cloinne‎ ― their children’s children

   thoir seo don chloinn‎ ― give this to the children

2. clan, tribe

   clann Dòmhnaill‎ ― the MacDonalds

3. lock, ringlet, curl

   na clannaibh‎ ― in [her] curls

Derived terms

• seòmar-cloinne ‎(“nursery”)
• Sgrìob Chlann Uisnich/Slighe Chlann Uisnich ‎(“the Milky Way”)
• drabasdachd ri cloinn ‎(“child pornography”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “clann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.