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نوم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of sleep, its occurrence, and related concepts. It covers the act of sleeping, the state of being asleep, and various forms of plurals and derivations associated with the concept of sleep.

Derived headwords

نَامَverb
  1. 1.
    he sleptboth

    he slept

يَنَامُverb
  1. 1.
    to sleepboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to sleep', indicating the ongoing or habitual act of sleeping.

نَائِمadjective
  1. 1.
    its plural is niyāmboth

    its plural is niyām

نِيَامnoun
  1. 1.
    sleepersboth

    The plural of 'نائم' (sleeping), referring to a group of people who are sleeping.

نَوْمnoun
  1. 1.
    according to the originboth

    according to the origin

نِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    sleepersclassical

    A plural form of 'نائم' (sleeping), derived based on the pronunciation of the word.

نَوَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    according to the originboth

    according to the origin

نَوْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    has the same meaningboth

    has the same meaning

Parallel reading

النوم معروف.
Sleep is known.
وقد نام ينام فهو نائم.
And he slept, he sleeps, so he is sleeping.
والجمع نيام، وجمع النائم نوم على الأصل، ونيم على اللفظ.
And the plural is niyam, and the plural of na'im is nawm according to the origin, and naym according to the pronunciation.
وتقول: نمت، وأصله نومت، بكسر الواو، فما سكنت سقطت لاجتماع الساكنين ونقلت حركتها إلى ما قبلها.
And you say: namtu, and its origin is nawamtu, with a kasra on the waw, so when it became silent, it fell due to the meeting of two silent letters, and its vowel was moved to the preceding letter.
وكان حق النون أن تضم لتدل على الواو الساقطة، كما ضممت القاف في قلت، إلا أ
And it was incumbent upon the nun to be given a damma to indicate the dropped waw, just as the qaf was given a damma in qultu, except that