Scottish Gaelic word

suain

sleep; slumber

verb

suain means “sleep; slumber” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a verb.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	suain
Sèimheachadh	shuain

Tha mi ag iarraidh don t-Suain.

I want to go to Sweden.

Tha i suidhichte ann an Lochlainn eadar an t-Suain agus an Ruis, tha Nirribhidh san taobh tuath dhith.

Bhuineadh Suòmaidh don t-Suain eadar 1154 is 1809.

Hans von Euler-Chelpin, (1873-1964), ceimigear às an t-Suain, Duais Nobel ann an Ceimigeachd

2011 Tomas Tranströmer (an t-Suain)

HealthDaily routinesTime

beir

give birth to; catch, seize, overtake

to be

buain

reap, harvest, cut down, crop, mow

caidil

sleep

caill

lose

cleachd

use

cluich

play, game, pastime, sport

coisich

walk (move on feet)

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