flann

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish flann, from Proto-Celtic *wlannos, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to strike, hit”). Related to fuil (“blood”).

Adjective

flann (genitive singular masculine flainn, genitive singular feminine flainne, plural flanna, comparative flainne)

  1. blood-red

Declension
Declension of flann
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative flann fhlann flanna;
fhlanna²
Vocative fhlainn flanna
Genitive flanne flanna flann
Dative flann;
fhlann¹		 fhlann;
fhlainn (archaic)		 flanna;
fhlanna²
Comparative níos flanne
Superlative is flanne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

flann f (genitive singular flainne)

  1. (poetic) blood

Declension
Declension of flann

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative flann
Vocative a fhlann
Genitive flainne
Dative flann

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an fhlann
Genitive na flainne
Dative leis an bhflann

don fhlann

Further reading
  • “flann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "flann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “flann” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.

Middle Irish

Alternative forms
  • fland

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wlannos, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to strike, hit”). Related to fuil (“blood”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flan͈/

Adjective

flann

  1. blood-red, crimson

Descendants

Noun

flann m

  1. (poetic) blood

Derived terms
  • Flann m (“personal name”)

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
flannḟlannflann
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish flann, from Proto-Celtic *wlannos, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to strike, hit”). Related to fuil (“blood”).

Adjective

flann

  1. red, blood-red

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • flann-bhuinneach
  • flann-dearg
  • flann-dhearg
  • flannach

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