# clann
## English
### Noun

clann (plural clanns)
* 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: /kl̪ˠaun̪ˠ/
* (Galway) IPA: /klˠɑːn̪ˠ/, /kl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /klˠan̪ˠ/

### Noun

clann f (genitive singular clainne, nominative plural clanna)
* (collective) children
* clan

#### 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

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 199, page 100
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 317
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 164, page 38
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Manx
### Etymology

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### Verb

clann (verbal noun clannaghey or clanney, past participle clannit)
* colonize, populate
* thicken (as liquid)

#### Derived terms

* clanneyder

### Mutation

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
* children
* family
* offspring
* 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
### Etymology

From Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, borrowed from Latin planta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰl̪ˠaun̪ˠ/

### Noun

clann f
* 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?
* 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!
* race
* 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

$^✝$ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
* 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

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

### References

* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “clann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Colin Mark (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