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نَوْم
sleep /ˈnawm/
nounA1#413 most common
Also: slumber, sleeping
Example sentences
النَّوْمُ مُهِمٌّ لِلصِّحَّةِ.
Sleep is important for health.
أُحِبُّ النَّوْمَ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ.
I like sleeping in the afternoon.
قِلَّةُ النَّوْمِ تُؤَثِّرُ عَلَى التَّرْكِيزِ.
Lack of sleep affects concentration.
يَنْصَحُ الْأَطِبَّاءُ بِسَبْعِ سَاعَاتٍ مِنَ النَّوْمِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ.
Doctors recommend seven hours of sleep every night.
غَلَبَهُ النَّوْمُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُنْهِيَ قِرَاءَةَ الْكِتَابِ.
Sleep overcame him before he finished reading the book.
لَمْ يَذُقْ طَعْمَ النَّوْمِ مُنْذُ أَنْ تَلَقَّى الْخَبَرَ الْمُفْجِعَ.
He has not tasted sleep since he received the devastating news.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَوْمٌ | None |
| Genitive | نَوْمٍ | None |
| Accusative | نَوْمًا | None |
| Vocative | يَا نَوْمُ | None |
Word family
نَامَto sleep
نَائِمasleep, sleeping
مَنَامdream; sleep
نَوَّمَto put to sleep, to lull
نَوْمَةa nap, a single sleep
Etymology
نَوْم is the verbal noun of the verb نَامَ, 'to sleep,' built on the Semitic root n-w-m. The same root carries the sense of sleeping or dozing across the Semitic family. In Arabic it names both the act and the state of sleep.
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