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Finnish
Noun
suan
- genitive singular of suka
Anagrams
Gagauz
Noun
suan (definite accusative , plural )
- onion
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish súan, from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (“to sleep”).
Pronunciation
Noun
suan m (genitive singular suain)
- sleep, slumber
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| suan
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shuan
after an, tsuan
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “suan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “suan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59
Mandarin
Romanization
suan
- Nonstandard spelling of suān.
- Nonstandard spelling of suǎn.
- 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.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English swan.
Noun
suan
- Alternative form of swan
Etymology 2
From Old English swān.
Noun
suan
- Alternative form of swon
Wutunhua
Pronunciation
Noun
suan
- Tibetan (including Wutun people)
Derived terms
References
- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN