منام

Arabic

Root
ن و م (n-w-m)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.naːm/

Noun

مَنام • (manām) m (plural مَنَاوِم (manāwim) or مَنَامَات (manāmāt))

1. verbal noun of نَامَ (nāma) (form I)
2. sleep
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 39:42:

     اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْأَنْفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّتِي لَمْ تَمُتْ فِي مَنَامِهَا

     al-lahu yatawaffā l-ʔanfusa ḥīna mawtihā wāllatī lam tamut fī manāmihā

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. dream
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 37:102:

     يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي أَرَىٰ فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أَذْبَحُكَ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ

     yā bunayya ʔinnī ʔarā fī l-manāmi ʔannī ʔaḏbaḥuka fānẓur māḏā tarā

     O my dear son! I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice thee: consider, then, what would be thy view!

4. place of sleeping

Declension

Declension of noun مَنام (manām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنام manām	الْمَنام al-manām	مَنام manām
Nominative	مَنامٌ manāmun	الْمَنامُ al-manāmu	مَنامُ manāmu
Accusative	مَنامًا manāman	الْمَنامَ al-manāma	مَنامَ manāma
Genitive	مَنامٍ manāmin	الْمَنامِ al-manāmi	مَنامِ manāmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنامَيْن manāmayn	الْمَنامَيْن al-manāmayn	مَنامَيْ manāmay
Nominative	مَنامَانِ manāmāni	الْمَنامَانِ al-manāmāni	مَنامَا manāmā
Accusative	مَنامَيْنِ manāmayni	الْمَنامَيْنِ al-manāmayni	مَنامَيْ manāmay
Genitive	مَنامَيْنِ manāmayni	الْمَنامَيْنِ al-manāmayni	مَنامَيْ manāmay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَاوِم‎; مَنَامَات manāwim‎; manāmāt	الْمَنَاوِم‎; الْمَنَامَات al-manāwim‎; al-manāmāt	مَنَاوِم‎; مَنَامَات manāwim‎; manāmāt
Nominative	مَنَاوِمُ‎; مَنَامَاتٌ manāwimu‎; manāmātun	الْمَنَاوِمُ‎; الْمَنَامَاتُ al-manāwimu‎; al-manāmātu	مَنَاوِمُ‎; مَنَامَاتُ manāwimu‎; manāmātu
Accusative	مَنَاوِمَ‎; مَنَامَاتٍ manāwima‎; manāmātin	الْمَنَاوِمَ‎; الْمَنَامَاتِ al-manāwima‎; al-manāmāti	مَنَاوِمَ‎; مَنَامَاتِ manāwima‎; manāmāti
Genitive	مَنَاوِمَ‎; مَنَامَاتٍ manāwima‎; manāmātin	الْمَنَاوِمِ‎; الْمَنَامَاتِ al-manāwimi‎; al-manāmāti	مَنَاوِمِ‎; مَنَامَاتِ manāwimi‎; manāmāti

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: منام (mnām)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَنام (manām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mnaːm/

Noun

منام • (mnām) m (plural منامات (mnāmāt))

1. a dream

   Synonym: حلمة (ḥalma)