somna

From Old Norse sofna.

• IPA^(key): /²sɔm.nɑ/

somna (present tense somnar, past tense somna, past participle somna, passive infinitive somnast, present participle somnande, imperative somna/somn)

1. (pre-1901 (Landsmål) or dialectal) alternative form of sovne (“to fall asleep”)

• “somna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse sofna, equivalent to sova (“to sleep”) +‎ -na (“inchoative suffix”). -mn- via the sound change -fn- > -mn-, compare namn (< Old Norse nafn) and rämna, lämna, formed in the same manner.

somna (present somnar, preterite somnade, supine somnat, imperative somna)

1. to fall asleep (to pass into sleep)
2. to fall asleep (go numb, especially of a leg or an arm)

   Synonym: domna

   Mitt ben har somnat

   My leg has fallen asleep

• somna in
• somna om

• sova (“to sleep”)
• sömn c (“sleep”)
• söva (“to put to sleep”)

• somna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• somna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• somna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Monas, Omans