"suan" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /sˠuən̪ˠ/, /sˠuənˠ/ [Connacht, Ulster, also]
Etymology: From Old Irish súan, from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (“to sleep”). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*swep-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|súan}} Old Irish súan, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*sounos}} Proto-Celtic *sounos, {{inh|ga|ine-pro|*swépnos}} Proto-Indo-European *swépnos Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|suain||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} suan m (genitive singular suain), {{ga-noun|m|suain|-}} suan m (genitive singular suain) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: suain [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], suan [indefinite, nominative, singular], a shuain [indefinite, singular, vocative], suain [genitive, indefinite, singular], suan [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an suan [definite, nominative, singular], an tsuain [definite, genitive, singular], leis an suan [dative, definite, singular], don suan [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], suan [error-unrecognized-form], shuan [error-unrecognized-form], tsuan [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. sleep, slumber Tags: masculine Derived forms: faoi shuan, suanach, suanbhruith, suanchógas, suanlaíoch, suanlios, suanmhaireacht, suanmhar, suansiúl
    Sense id: en-suan-ga-noun-3BHQTj44 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Sleep

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swep-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "súan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish súan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*sounos"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swépnos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swépnos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish súan, from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (“to sleep”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "suain",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shuain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an suan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tsuain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an suan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don suan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shuan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsuan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "suain",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "suan m (genitive singular suain)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "suain",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "suan m (genitive singular suain)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Sleep",
          "orig": "ga:Sleep",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "faoi shuan"
        },
        {
          "word": "suanach"
        },
        {
          "word": "suanbhruith"
        },
        {
          "word": "suanchógas"
        },
        {
          "word": "suanlaíoch"
        },
        {
          "word": "suanlios"
        },
        {
          "word": "suanmhaireacht"
        },
        {
          "word": "suanmhar"
        },
        {
          "word": "suansiúl"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sleep, slumber"
      ],
      "id": "en-suan-ga-noun-3BHQTj44",
      "links": [
        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
        ],
        [
          "slumber",
          "slumber"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠuən̪ˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠuənˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster",
        "also"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "suan"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "faoi shuan"
    },
    {
      "word": "suanach"
    },
    {
      "word": "suanbhruith"
    },
    {
      "word": "suanchógas"
    },
    {
      "word": "suanlaíoch"
    },
    {
      "word": "suanlios"
    },
    {
      "word": "suanmhaireacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "suanmhar"
    },
    {
      "word": "suansiúl"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "súan"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*sounos"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swépnos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swépnos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish súan, from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (“to sleep”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "suain",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shuain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an suan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tsuain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an suan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don suan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shuan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsuan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "suain",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "suan m (genitive singular suain)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "suain",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "suan m (genitive singular suain)",
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  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish first-declension nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish masculine nouns",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-",
        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Sleep"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sleep, slumber"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
        ],
        [
          "slumber",
          "slumber"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠuən̪ˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠuənˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster",
        "also"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "suan"
}

Download raw JSONL data for suan meaning in Irish (3.5kB)

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: suan/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "suan"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "suan",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "suan"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "suan",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "suan"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "suan",
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}

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