suan

See also: Suan, súan, suàn, suān, süän, and suǎn

Finnish

Noun

suan

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of suka

Anagrams

• anus, asun, nasu, suna

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Gagauz

Noun

suan (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. onion

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Irish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Irish súan, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˠuən̪ˠ], [sˠuənˠ]

Noun

suan m (genitive singular suain)

1. sleep, slumber

Declension

Declension of suan

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative suan Vocative a shuain Genitive suain Dative suan

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an suan Genitive an tsuain Dative leis an suan don suan

Derived terms

• faoi shuan
• suanach
• suanbhruith
• suanchógas
• suanlaíoch
• suanlios
• suanmhaireacht
• suanmhar

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• 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.

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Mandarin

Romanization

suan

1. Nonstandard spelling of suān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of suǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of suàn.

Usage notes

• 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.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English swan.

Noun

suan

1. Alternative form of swan

Etymology 2

From Old English swān.

Noun

suan

1. Alternative form of swon