suan
Gagauz
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish súan, from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (“to sleep”).
Declension
Declension of suan
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- faoi shuan
- suanach
- suanbhruith
- suanchógas
- suanlaíoch
- suanlios
- suanmhaireacht
- suanmhar
- suansiúl
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| 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.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59
Mandarin
Romanization
suan
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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