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نائِم
asleep /ˈnaː.ʔim/
adjectiveA2#1192 most common
Also: sleeping, dormant, sleeper
Example sentences
الطِّفْلُ نائِمٌ.
The child is asleep.
أُختي نائِمةٌ الآن.
My sister is asleep now.
كانَ الكَلْبُ نائِماً تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَة.
The dog was asleep under the tree.
لا تُوقِظْهُ، فهو نائِمٌ مُنْذُ الظُّهْر.
Do not wake him; he has been asleep since noon.
ظَلَّ الرُّكّابُ نائِمينَ طَوالَ الرِّحْلَةِ الطَّويلَة.
The passengers stayed asleep throughout the long journey.
بَدَتِ المَدينَةُ نائِمَةً تَحْتَ غِطاءٍ مِنَ الثَّلْجِ، كأنَّ الحَياةَ تَوَقَّفَتْ فيها.
The city looked asleep under a blanket of snow, as if life had stopped in it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نائِمٌ | نائِمونَ |
| Genitive | نائِمٍ | نائِمينَ |
| Accusative | نائِماً | نائِمينَ |
| Vocative | يا نائِمُ | يا نائِمونَ |
Word family
Etymology
نائِم is the active participle of the verb نامَ, 'to sleep.' It is built on the فاعِل pattern, which marks the one doing the action, so it means 'one who is sleeping.' The root ن-و-م runs through Arabic words for sleep, slumber, and dreams. The middle root letter و surfaces here as a hamza, a regular change in this pattern.
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