suain

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [sˠuənʲ] === Noun === suain m genitive singular of suan === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish súan (“slumber, sleep”), from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos. === Pronunciation === === Noun === suain f (genitive singular suaine, plural suainean) slumber, sleep, narcosis ==== Usage notes ==== Usually implies a deep sleep. ==== Synonyms ==== cadal ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “suain”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language