insomnia

See also: insómnia and insômnia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsomnia, from Latin in- (“without”) +‎ somnus (“sleep”, noun) +‎ -ia, equivalent to in- +‎ somn- +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɒmniə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

insomnia (countable and uncountable, plural insomnias)

1. (medicine) A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.

   My mother suffers from insomnia.

   • 2024 March 11, Madeline Holcombe, “What to do on the nights you are struggling with insomnia, according to experts”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     It’s also possible for insomnia to be caused by restless leg syndrome.

2. (informal) Temporary inability to sleep.

Synonyms

• sleeplessness

Antonyms

• hypersomnia

Hyponyms

• big eye (Antarctica)
• fatal familial insomnia

Derived terms

• coronasomnia
• insomniac
• orthosomnia
• painsomnia
• trensomnia

Translations

sleeping disorder

• Albanian: pagjumësi (sq) f
• Arabic: أَرَق m (ʔaraq), سُهْد (ar) (suhd)
• Armenian: անքնություն (hy) (ankʻnutʻyun)
• Aromanian: nisomn n
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܲܣܩܘܼܬ݂ ܕܡܵܟ݂ܵܐ f (ˁasqūṯ dmāḵā)
• Asturian: vela (ast) f, velea f
• Azerbaijani: yuxusuzluq (az)
• Belarusian: бяссо́нніца f (bjassónnica), бе́ссань f (bjéssanʹ)
• Bengali: অনিদ্রা (bn) (onidra)
• Bulgarian: безсъ́ние (bg) n (bezsǎ́nie)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: insomni m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 失眠 (sat¹ min⁴), 失眠症 (sat¹ min⁴ zing³)

  Hakka: 失眠 (sṳt-min)

  Hokkien: 失眠 (zh-min-nan) (sit-bîn), 無眠 / 无眠 (zh-min-nan) (bô-bîn)

  Mandarin: 失眠 (zh) (shīmián)

• Czech: nespavost f, insomnie (cs) f
• Danish: søvnløshed (da) c
• Dutch: slapeloosheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: sendormeco
• Estonian: unetus
• Faroese: andvekur m, svøvnloysi n
• Finnish: unettomuus (fi)
• French: insomnie (fr) f
• Galician: insomnio (gl) m
• Georgian: უძილობა (uʒiloba)
• German: Schlaflosigkeit (de) f
• Greek: αϋπνία (el) f (aÿpnía)

  Ancient Greek: ἀγρυπνίᾱ f (agrupníā), ἀϋπνία f (aüpnía)

• Gujarati: અનિદ્રા (anidrā)
• Hebrew: נְדוּדֵי שֵׁנָה (he)
• Hindi: अनिद्रा (hi) f (anidrā), उन्निद्र (hi) (unnidra)
• Hungarian: álmatlanság (hu)
• Icelandic: svefnleysi (is) n, andvaka (is) f
• Ingrian: unenhätä
• Irish: neamhchodladh m, neamhshuan m, díth codlata f
• Italian: insonnia (it) f
• Japanese: 不眠 (ja) (ふみん, fumin), 不眠症 (ja) (ふみんしょう, fuminshō)
• Kazakh: ұйқысыздық (ūiqysyzdyq)
• Khmer: អនិទ្រា (km) (ʼaʼnɨttriə)
• Korean: 불면증(不眠症) (ko) (bulmyeonjeung)
• Kyrgyz: уйкусуздук (uykusuzduk)
• Latin: insomnia f, insomnietās f
• Latvian: bezmiegs m
• Lithuanian: nemiga f
• Macedonian: несоница f (nesonica)
• Malay: insomnia
• Manx: neuchadlaght f, neuchadley m, neuchadlys m
• Marathi: निद्रानाश (mr) (nidrānāś)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: søvnløshet m or f, søvnløyse m or f

  Nynorsk: søvnløyse f

• Occitan: insomnia (oc) f
• Old English: slǣplīest f
• Ottoman Turkish: اویقوسزلق (uykusuzluk)
• Pali: anidrā
• Persian: بی‌خوابی (fa) (bi-xâbi)
• Polish: bezsenność (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: insônia (pt) f

  European: insónia (pt) f

• Punjabi: ਅਨੀਂਦਰਾ (pa) m (anīndrā)
• Romanian: insomnie (ro) f, nesomn (ro) n
• Russian: бессо́нница (ru) f (bessónnica), инсомни́я (ru) f (insomníja)
• Sanskrit: अनिद्रा (sa) (anidrā)
• Scottish Gaelic: bacadh-cadail m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нѐсаница f, бѐсаница f, инсо̀мнија f

  Roman: nèsanica (sh) f, bèsanica (sh) f, insòmnija (sh) f

• Slovak: nespavosť f
• Slovene: nespéčnost f
• Spanish: insomnio (es) m
• Swedish: insomni, sömnlöshet (sv)
• Tajik: бедорхобӣ (bedorxobi), бехобӣ (bexobi), камхобӣ (kamxobi)
• Tatar: йокысызлык (tt) (yoqısızlıq)
• Telugu: నిద్రలేమి (te) (nidralēmi)
• Thai: โรคนอนไม่หลับ (rôok-nɔɔn-mâi-lòp)
• Turkish: uykusuzluk (tr)
• Turkmen: ukusyzlyk
• Ukrainian: безсо́ння (uk) n (bezsónnja), нічниця f (ničnycja)
• Urdu: بے خوابی f (be xvābī)
• Uyghur: ئۇيقۇسىزلىق (uyqusizliq)
• Uzbek: uyqusizlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: mất ngủ (vi) (𠅎㬳)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: anhunedd m
• Yiddish: שלאָפֿלאָזיקייט f (shloflozikeyt)
• Yoruba: àìróorunsùn

Anagrams

• Simonian

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English insomnia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinsomniɑ/, [ˈins̠o̞mˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): in‧som‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): in‧som‧nia

Noun

insomnia

1. (medicine) synonym of unettomuus (“insomnia”)

Declension

Inflection of insomnia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		insomnia	insomniat
genitive		insomnian	insomnioiden insomnioitten
partitive		insomniaa	insomnioita
illative		insomniaan	insomnioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		insomnia	insomniat
accusative	nom.	insomnia	insomniat
	gen.	insomnian
genitive		insomnian	insomnioiden insomnioitten insomniain rare
partitive		insomniaa	insomnioita
inessive		insomniassa	insomnioissa
elative		insomniasta	insomnioista
illative		insomniaan	insomnioihin
adessive		insomnialla	insomnioilla
ablative		insomnialta	insomnioilta
allative		insomnialle	insomnioille
essive		insomniana	insomnioina
translative		insomniaksi	insomnioiksi
abessive		insomniatta	insomnioitta
instructive		—	insomnioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of insomnia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative insomniani insomniani accusative nom. insomniani insomniani gen. insomniani genitive insomniani insomnioideni insomnioitteni insomniaini rare partitive insomniaani insomnioitani inessive insomniassani insomnioissani elative insomniastani insomnioistani illative insomniaani insomnioihini adessive insomniallani insomnioillani ablative insomnialtani insomnioiltani allative insomnialleni insomnioilleni essive insomnianani insomnioinani translative insomniakseni insomnioikseni abessive insomniattani insomnioittani instructive — — comitative — insomnioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative insomniasi insomniasi accusative nom. insomniasi insomniasi gen. insomniasi genitive insomniasi insomnioidesi insomnioittesi insomniaisi rare partitive insomniaasi insomnioitasi inessive insomniassasi insomnioissasi elative insomniastasi insomnioistasi illative insomniaasi insomnioihisi adessive insomniallasi insomnioillasi ablative insomnialtasi insomnioiltasi allative insomniallesi insomnioillesi essive insomnianasi insomnioinasi translative insomniaksesi insomnioiksesi abessive insomniattasi insomnioittasi instructive — — comitative — insomnioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative insomniamme insomniamme accusative nom. insomniamme insomniamme gen. insomniamme genitive insomniamme insomnioidemme insomnioittemme insomniaimme rare partitive insomniaamme insomnioitamme inessive insomniassamme insomnioissamme elative insomniastamme insomnioistamme illative insomniaamme insomnioihimme adessive insomniallamme insomnioillamme ablative insomnialtamme insomnioiltamme allative insomniallemme insomnioillemme essive insomnianamme insomnioinamme translative insomniaksemme insomnioiksemme abessive insomniattamme insomnioittamme instructive — — comitative — insomnioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative insomnianne insomnianne accusative nom. insomnianne insomnianne gen. insomnianne genitive insomnianne insomnioidenne insomnioittenne insomniainne rare partitive insomniaanne insomnioitanne inessive insomniassanne insomnioissanne elative insomniastanne insomnioistanne illative insomniaanne insomnioihinne adessive insomniallanne insomnioillanne ablative insomnialtanne insomnioiltanne allative insomniallenne insomnioillenne essive insomniananne insomnioinanne translative insomniaksenne insomnioiksenne abessive insomniattanne insomnioittanne instructive — — comitative — insomnioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative insomniansa insomniansa accusative nom. insomniansa insomniansa gen. insomniansa genitive insomniansa insomnioidensa insomnioittensa insomniainsa rare partitive insomniaansa insomnioitaan insomnioitansa inessive insomniassaan insomniassansa insomnioissaan insomnioissansa elative insomniastaan insomniastansa insomnioistaan insomnioistansa illative insomniaansa insomnioihinsa adessive insomniallaan insomniallansa insomnioillaan insomnioillansa ablative insomnialtaan insomnialtansa insomnioiltaan insomnioiltansa allative insomnialleen insomniallensa insomnioilleen insomnioillensa essive insomnianaan insomnianansa insomnioinaan insomnioinansa translative insomniakseen insomniaksensa insomnioikseen insomnioiksensa abessive insomniattaan insomniattansa insomnioittaan insomnioittansa instructive — — comitative — insomnioineen insomnioinensa

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /insomˈnia/ [in.somˈni.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: in‧som‧ni‧a

Noun

insomnia (plural insomnia-insomnia)

1. (medicine) insomnia

Derived terms

• insomnia akut
• insomnia campuran
• insomnia kronis
• insomnia primer
• insomnia sekunder

Further reading

• “insomnia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈsɔm.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈsɔm.ni.a]

Etymology 1

From insomnis +‎ -ia.

Noun

īnsomnia f (genitive īnsomniae); first declension

1. sleeplessness, insomnia

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	īnsomnia	īnsomniae
genitive	īnsomniae	īnsomniārum
dative	īnsomniae	īnsomniīs
accusative	īnsomniam	īnsomniās
ablative	īnsomniā	īnsomniīs
vocative	īnsomnia	īnsomniae

Descendants

• English: insomnia
• Italian: insonnia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

īnsomnia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of īnsomnis

References

• “insomnia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “insomnia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “insomnia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [insomˈni.a]

Noun

insomnia f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of insomnie