suan
Finnish edit
Noun edit
suan
Anagrams edit
Gagauz edit
Noun edit
suan (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish súan, from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (“to sleep”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
suan m (genitive singular suain)
Declension edit
Declension of suan
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
suan | shuan after an, tsuan |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “suan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “suan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “suan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
suan
- Nonstandard spelling of suān.
- Nonstandard spelling of suǎn.
- Nonstandard spelling of suàn.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English swan.
Noun edit
suan
- Alternative form of swan
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English swān.
Noun edit
suan
- Alternative form of swon
Wutunhua edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
suan
- Tibetan (including Wutun people)
Derived terms edit
- suanhua (“Tibetan language”)