Parts of speech
Nouns |
сон gen. сну - sleep; dream (see below) |
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спання gen. спання - sleep, sleeping сплячка gen. сплячки - sleepiness; sleeping sickness |
Adjectives |
спальний - relating to sleep |
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сплячий - sleeping (person) сонний, сонливий - sleepy, drowsy |
Adverbs |
сонливо - sleepily, drowsily |
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Verbs |
(по)спати - to sleep (have a sleep) |
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спатки, спатоньки, спаточки - to sleep (diminutives, normally used with children) спатусі - to (go to) sleep (informal diminutive, normally used with children) спатися - to sleep (used in phrases as described below) не спатися - not to be able to sleep (see below) снитися - to appear in a dream (see below) |
Useful compounds |
іти спати - to go to bed спальний вагон - sleeping car (on train) спальний мішок - sleeping bag Чому під час дощу добре спиться? - Why do we sleep soundly when it's raining? мені не спиться - I can't sleep (impersonal construction) (мені) снилося - (I) had a dream, dreamt (about) |
Additional information
1. сон and спати are both given on this page as they are etymologically related: the Old Slavonic сънъ has evolved from the (reconstructed) Proto-Slavic form съпнъ (both forms are related to the Greek ύπνος and the Latin somnus)
2. 'мені й не снилося' - 'the thought never entered my head'
3. A traditional New Year's wish: 'Хай тобі в Новому Році добре спиться і на боці, й горілиць, і носом вниз, і в гостях, і вдома - скрізь' - 'In the New Year may your sleep always be both sound and deep - on your back, your nose, your side, as guests, at home, where you reside.
Related words
спальня - bedroom
сплюх, спанько (also сонько) - sleepyhead
засипляти, засинати - to fall asleep