lann

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠaun̪ˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠan̪ˠ/

From Old Irish lann (“blade”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlaxsnā, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Welsh llafn and with Old Norse flatr (English flat), Latin plānus (“flat”). Compare Scottish Gaelic lann.

lann f (genitive singular lainne, nominative plural lanna)

1. (literary) sword
2. blade
3. scale (of a fish)

• lann rásúir f (“razorblade”)

From Old Irish lann (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognate with Welsh llan and with Old English land (English land). Compare Scottish Gaelic lann.

lann f (genitive singular lainne, nominative plural lanna)

1. (archaic) floor
2. (archaic) enclosure
3. (obsolete) church

• -lann

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lann (‘thin plate; blade’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 lann (‘land, ground, plot’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /lɑnn/, [lɑn]

lann

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of linnan

• land

From Proto-Celtic *ɸlaxsnā, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Welsh llafn and with Old Norse flatr (English flat), Latin plānus (“flat”).

lann f (genitive lainne, nominative plural lanna)

1. thin plate, layer
2. blade, sword

• Irish: lann
• Scottish Gaelic: lann

From Proto-Celtic *landā, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognate with Welsh llan; and with Old English land (English land).

lann f or m (genitive lainne or lainn, nominative plural lanna or lainn)

1. building, house
2. land, plot
3. plate

• Lothland

• Irish: lann
• Manx: lann
• Scottish Gaelic: lann
• ⇒ Middle Irish: -lann
  • Irish: -lann
  • Manx: -lan
  • Scottish Gaelic: -lann

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lann (‘thin plate; blade’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 lann (‘land, ground, plot’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Proto-Brythonic *llann, from Proto-Celtic *landā, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).^[1]

lann (f)

1. church, churchyard^[2]
2. monastery^[3]

• Middle Welsh: llann
  • Welsh: llan

From Old Irish lann (“blade”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlaxsnā, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Welsh llafn; and with Old Norse flatr (English flat), Latin plānus (“flat”). Compare Irish lann.

• IPA^(key): /ɫ̪aun̪ˠ/, /ɫ̪an̪ˠən/

lann f (genitive singular lanna or lainne or lainn, plural lannan)

1. blade, knife, sword, weapon, any bladed instrument

   lann na sgéine ― the blade of the knife

   lann lìomhaidh ― a polished sword

   lann thana ― a thin blade

   ma liùbhras mi mo chlaidheamh, is ann an aghaidh na lanna ― if I give up my sword, it shall be point first — i.e. you must fight for it

   tharraing iad an lann ― they drew their swords

   lann Spàinndeach ― toledo

2. lancet
3. washer (flat disc)
4. scale (of a fish)

   lannan is itean an éisg ― the scales and fins of the fish

5. scale, rove (round piece of metal on which nails are clinched inside a boat)
6. film (layer)

   lann a' bhàis air a shùilean ― the film of death on his eyes

From Old Irish lann (“land”), from Proto-Celtic *landā (“(open) land, space”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognate with Welsh llan; and with Proto-Germanic *landą, whence English land. Compare Irish lann.

lann f (genitive singular lainn, plural lannan or lanndaichean)

1. enclosure
2. house, dwelling
3. church
4. repository
5. stud, boss (as on a shield)
6. gridiron
7. scale (balance)
8. (rarely) land
9. (rarely) veil
10. corn-yard

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “lann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 lann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language