flann

See also: Flann

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flãn/

Noun

flann

  1. walk, stroll

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
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative flann fhlann flanna;
fhlanna2
vocative fhlainn flanna
genitive flainne flanna flann
dative flann;
fhlann1 		fhlann;
fhlainn (archaic) 		flanna;
fhlanna2
Comparative níos flainne
Superlative is flainne

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, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative flann
vocative a fhlann
genitive flainne
dative flann
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fhlann
genitive na flainne
dative leis an bhflann
don fhlann

Mutation

Mutated forms of flann
radical lenition eclipsis
flann fhlann bhflann

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

Further reading

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): /ɸlan̪/

Adjective

flann

  1. blood-red, crimson
  2. (nominalized, masculine, poetic) blood

Derived terms

  • Flann m (“personal name”)

Descendants

  • Irish: flann
  • Scottish Gaelic: flann

Mutation

Mutation of flann
radical lenition nasalization
flann ḟlann flann
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

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

Mutation

Mutation of flann
radical lenition
flann fhlann

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “flann”, 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), “flann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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