suan

See also suān, suǎn, and suàn

Finnish

Noun

suan

1. Genitive singular form of suka.

Anagrams

• asun, nasu, suna

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Gagauz

Noun

suan

1. onion

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sˠuən̪ˠ] or [sˠuənˠ]

Noun

suan m

1. sleep, slumber

Declension

Declension of suan

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative suan Vocative a shuain Genitive suain Dative suan

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an suan Genitive an tsuain Dative leis an suan don suan

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suan	shuan after "an", tsuan	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

• suanach
• suanbhruith
• suanchógas
• suanlaíoch
• suanlios
• suanmhaireacht
• suanmhar

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Mandarin

Romanization

suan

1. Nonstandard spelling of suān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of suǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of suàn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.