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flann

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Haitian Creole

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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flann

  1. walk, stroll
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Irish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. blood red

Declension

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Declension of flann
singular plural (m/f)
Positive 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

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Noun

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flann f (genitive singular flainne)

  1. (poetic) blood

Declension

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Declension of flann (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
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

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Middle Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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flann

  1. blood-red, crimson

Descendants

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  • Irish: flann
  • Scottish Gaelic: flann

Noun

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flann m

  1. (poetic) blood

Derived terms

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  • Flann m (personal name)

Mutation

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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.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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flann

  1. red, blood-red

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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