نائم

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ن و م (n-w-m)

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

نَائِم (nāʔim) (common plural نُوَّم (nuwwam) or نِيَام (niyām), masculine plural نَائِمُونَ (nāʔimūna) or نُوَّام (nuwwām), feminine plural نَائِمَات (nāʔimāt))

  1. active participle of نَامَ (nāma): asleep, sleeping
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:97:
      أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
      ʔafaʔamina ʔahlu l-qurā ʔan yaʔtiyahum baʔsunā bayātan wahum nāʔimūna
      Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

Declension[edit]