cloan

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish clann,[1] from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kloːn/, /klaun/[2]

Noun

cloan f (genitive singular clienney)

  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

  • lhiass-chloan f (“stepchildren”)

Mutation

Mutation of cloan
radical lenition eclipsis
cloan chloan gloan

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 101

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • cloant (literary)

Pronunciation

Verb

cloan

  1. third-person plural future colloquial of cloi

Mutation

Mutated forms of cloan
radical soft nasal aspirate
cloan gloan nghloan chloan

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

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