suain

See also: Suain

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sˠuənʲ]

Noun

suain m

  1. genitive singular of suan

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
suain shuain
after an, tsuain		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish súan (“slumber, sleep”).

Noun

suain f (genitive singular suaine, plural suainean)

  1. slumber, sleep, narcosis

Usage notes

  • Usually implies a deep sleep.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

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