insomnia

See also: insómnia and insômnia

English

Etymology

From Latin in- (“without”) +‎ somnus (“sleep”, noun) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɒmniə/
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Noun

insomnia (countable and uncountable, plural insomnias)

  1. (medicine) A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.
    My mother suffers from insomnia.

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From insomnis +‎ -ia.

Noun

īnsomnia f (genitive īnsomniae); first declension

  1. sleeplessness, insomnia
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnsomnia īnsomniae
Genitive īnsomniae īnsomniārum
Dative īnsomniae īnsomniīs
Accusative īnsomniam īnsomniās
Ablative īnsomniā īnsomniīs
Vocative īnsomnia īnsomniae
Descendants
  • English: insomnia
  • Italian: insonnia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

īnsomnia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of īnsomnis

References
  • “insomnia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “insomnia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insomnia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [insomˈni.a]

Noun

insomnia f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of insomnie
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