suan

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

Finnish

Noun

suan

1. genitive singular of suka

Anagrams

• anus, asun, nasu, suna

Gagauz

Noun

suan (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. onion

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish súan, from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠuən̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster, also) IPA^(key): /sˠuənˠ/

Noun

suan m (genitive singular suain)

1. sleep, slumber

Declension

Declension of suan (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative suan vocative a shuain genitive suain dative suan forms with the definite article singular nominative an suan genitive an tsuain dative leis an suan don suan

Derived terms

• faoi shuan
• suanach
• suanbhruith
• suanchógas
• suanlaíoch
• suanlios
• suanmhaireacht
• suanmhar
• suansiúl

Mutation

Mutated forms of suan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
suan	shuan after an, tsuan	not applicable

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

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, 2013–2025
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59

Mandarin

Romanization

suan

1. nonstandard spelling of suān
2. nonstandard spelling of suǎn
3. 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

1. alternative form of swan

Etymology 2

From Old English swān.

Noun

suan

1. alternative form of swon

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *suan.

Verb

suan

1. to move, transfer (to a different location)

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “suan”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Old English

Noun

suan m

1. alternative form of swan

Wutunhua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʰʷɛ̃]

Noun

suan

1. Tibetan (including Wutun people)

Derived terms

• suanhua (“Tibetan language”)

References

• Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN