insomnia

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See also: insómnia and insômnia

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin in- (without) +‎ somnus (sleep, noun) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɒmniə/
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Noun[edit]

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.

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From insomnis +‎ -ia.

Noun[edit]

īnsomnia f (genitive īnsomniae); first declension

  1. sleeplessness, insomnia
Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnsomnia īnsomniae
Genitive īnsomniae īnsomniārum
Dative īnsomniae īnsomniīs
Accusative īnsomniam īnsomniās
Ablative īnsomniā īnsomniīs
Vocative īnsomnia īnsomniae
Descendants[edit]
  • English: insomnia
  • Italian: insonnia

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

īnsomnia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of īnsomnis

References[edit]

  • 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

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Noun[edit]

insomnia f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of insomnie