نعس

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of drowsiness, sleepiness, and light sleep. It extends to related concepts like heaviness of sleep, the act of dozing off, and even metaphorical uses for things that are sluggish or inactive, such as markets or camels.

Derived headwords

نَعَسَverb

1.
to dozeboth
To feel drowsy or sleepy, to be on the verge of sleep.
2.
to be heavy with sleepclassical
To experience the heaviness associated with sleepiness.

النُّعَاسnoun

1.
drowsinessboth
The state of being drowsy or sleepy, often a precursor to sleep.
2.
light sleepclassical
A state of light sleep or dozing, not deep slumber.
3.
heaviness of sleepclassical
The oppressive or heavy feeling associated with sleepiness.

إذ يغشيكم النعاس أمنة منه — When He covered you with drowsiness, an assurance from Him —

يَنْعَسُverb

1.
to dozeboth
Present tense of the verb 'to doze', indicating the ongoing state of drowsiness.

نُعَاسًاnoun

1.
drowsinessboth
The verbal noun (masdar) for the act or state of dozing or being drowsy.

نَاعِسadjective

1.
drowsyboth
One who is experiencing drowsiness or sleepiness.

نَعْسَانadjective

1.
sleepyboth
Feeling the need for sleep; drowsy.

نَعْسَىadjective

1.
sleepy (fem.)both
Feminine form of 'na'san', describing a female who is sleepy.

نَعْسَةnoun

1.
a dozeboth
A single instance or brief period of dozing or light sleep.
2.
a nod offclassical
A quick lapse into sleep or drowsiness.

نَاعِسَةadjective

1.
drowsy (fem.)both
Feminine form of 'na'is', describing a female who is drowsy.

نَعَاسَةnoun

1.
drowsinessclassical
The state of being drowsy or sleepy.

نَعُوسadjective

1.
drowsy (fem.)both
Feminine form, often used to describe a female animal that dozes.
2.
heavy with sleep (fem.)classical
Describing a female, particularly an animal, that is prone to sleepiness.

ناقة نعوس: غزيرة تنعس إذا حلبت — A drowsy she-camel: one that is abundant in milk and dozes when milked —

نُعُوسnoun

1.
drowsinessclassical
The state of being drowsy or sleepy.

أَنْعَسَverb

1.
to have sluggish offspringclassical
To have children or offspring who are lazy or slow.

نَعَسَتِ السُّوقُverb

1.
the market became sluggishclassical
Used metaphorically to describe a market that has become inactive or slow.

نَاعُوس البَحْرnoun

1.
middle of the seaclassical
The deep, central part of the sea; its core or depths.

إن كلماته بلغت ناعوس البحر — Indeed, his words reached the middle of the sea —

النَّعْسnoun

1.
softness of opinion and bodyclassical
A state of being weak or gentle in one's opinion and physical constitution.

نَعْسَة وَاحِدَةnoun phrase

1.
one dozeboth
A single instance of dozing or light sleep.

ونعسنا نعسة واحدة — And we took one doze —

Parallel reading

إذ يغشيكم النعاس أمنة منه

When He covered you with drowsiness, an assurance from Him

النعاس: النوم، وقيل: هو مقاربته، وقيل: ثقلته.

Drowsiness: sleep, and it was said: it is its approach, and it was said: its heaviness.

نعس «1» ينعس نعاسا، وهو ناعس ونعسان.

He dozed, he dozes, a dozing, and he is drowsy and sleepy.

وربما حملوا الشيء على نظائره وأحسن ما يكون ذلك في الشعر.

And sometimes they carry something over to its counterparts, and that is best in poetry.

والنعاس: الوسن؛ قال الأزهري: وحقيقة النعاس السنة من غير نوم كما قال عدي بن الرقاع:

And drowsiness is light sleep; Al-Azharī said: The reality of drowsiness is a light sleep without actual sleep, as 'Addī ibn Ruqayyah said:

وسنان أقصده النعاس فرنقت ... في عينه سنة، وليس بنائم

Sleepy, drowsiness overcame him, so a light sleep settled... in his eye, and he was not sleeping.

ونعسنا نعسة واحدة وامرأة ناعسة ونعاسة ونعسى ونعوس.

And we took one doze, and a drowsy woman, and a drowsy one, and a sleepy one, and a very drowsy one.

وناقة نعوس: غزيرة تنعس إذا حلبت؛

And a drowsy she-camel: one that is abundant in milk and dozes when milked;

نعوس إذا درت، جروز إذا غدت، ... بويزل عام أو سديس كبازل

Drowsy when she gives milk, voracious when she goes out... recently weaned or six years old like a mature camel.

والنعسة: الخفقة.

And the 'na'sah' is a nod off.

والكلب يوصف بكثرة النعاس؛ وفي المثل: مطل كنعاس الكلب أي متصل دائم.

And the dog is described by much drowsiness; and in the proverb: 'Procrastinating like the drowsiness of a dog' means continuous and permanent.

ابن الأعرابي: النعس لين الرأي والجسم وضعفهما.

Ibn Al-A'rabi said: 'Al-na's' is softness of opinion and body, and their weakness.

أبو عمرو: أنعس الرجل إذا جاء ببنين كسالى.

Abu 'Amr said: A man 'an'asa' when he has lazy sons.

ونعست السوق إذا كسدت،

And the market 'na'asat' when it became sluggish,

وفي الحديث: إن كلماته بلغت ناعوس البحر ؛

And in the hadith: Indeed, his words reached the 'na'us' of the sea;