cloan

Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [klɔːn]

Noun

cloan f (genitive singular clienney, no plural)

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.
descendants(s)

Derived terms

lhiass-chloan f (“stepchildren”)

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

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “clann”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

Welsh

Alternative forms

cloant (literary)

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈklɔ.an/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkloː.an/, /ˈklɔ.an/

Verb

cloan

(colloquial) third-person plural future 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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