suain
See also: Suain
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sˠuənʲ]
Noun
suain m
- 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”), from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.
Noun
suain f (genitive singular suaine, plural suainean)
- slumber, sleep, narcosis
Usage notes
- Usually implies a deep sleep.
Synonyms
- cadal
Derived terms
- suaineachan (“sofa”)
- suaineach (“sleepy”, adjective)
- suainealach (“hypnotic”, adjective)
- suainealaiche (“hypnotist”)
- suainealas (“hypnotism”)
- suain-lann (“dormitory”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “suain”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “súan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language