suan

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

Finnish

Noun

suan

  1. Genitive singular form of suka.

Anagrams

Gagauz

Noun

suan (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

  1. onion

Irish

Etymology

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

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
  • "suan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 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.

Mandarin

Romanization

suan

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

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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
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