suain
See also: Suain
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
suain m
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish súan (“slumber, sleep”), from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.
Noun edit
suain f (genitive singular suaine, plural suainean)
Usage notes edit
- Usually implies a deep sleep.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- suain-lann (“dormitory”)
- suaineach (“sleepy”, adjective)
- suaineachan (“sofa”)
- suainealach (“hypnotic”, adjective)
- suainealaiche (“hypnotist”)
- suainealas (“hypnotism”)
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “suain”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 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