suain
See also: Suain
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
suain m
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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From Old Irish súan (“slumber, sleep”).
Noun
suain f (genitive singular suaine, plural suainean)
Usage notes
- Usually implies a deep sleep.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- suain-lann (“dormitory”)
- suaineach (“sleepy”, adjective)
- suaineachan (“sofa”)
- suainealach (“hypnotic”, adjective)
- suainealaiche (“hypnotist”)
- suainealas (“hypnotism”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “suain”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language