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Suain

Suain

See also: suain

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

an t-Suain f ‎(genitive Suaine)

Sweden

Usage notes

Always preceded by the definite article.

Related terms

suain

suain

See also: Suain

Irish

Noun

suain m

genitive singular of suan

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suain	shuain after an, tsuain	unchanged
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)

slumber, sleep, narcosis

Usage notes

Usually implies a deep sleep.

Synonyms

cadal

Derived terms

Terms derived from suain

suaineachan ‎(“sofa”)
suaineach ‎(“sleepy”, adjective)

suainealach ‎(“hypnotic”, adjective)
suainealaiche ‎(“hypnotist”)

suainealas ‎(“hypnotism”)
suain-lann ‎(“dormitory”)

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 0 901771 92 9
“súan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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