súan

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

Galician

Verb

súan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of suar

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, which is derived from the root *swep- (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suːa̯n/

Noun

súan m

  1. slumber, sleep

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative súan — —
vocative súain — —
accusative súanN — —
genitive súainL — —
dative súanL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: suan
  • Scottish Gaelic: suain
  • Manx: saveen

Mutation

Mutation of súan
radical lenition nasalization
súan ṡúan súan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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