English → Arabic
asleep in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- nāʾim
- Arabizi
na2im- Type
- adjective · masculine
- Root
- ن و م
How to use it
"asleep" describes a state of sleeping. Use it as a predicate adjective after "to be" (is, was). In Arabic it is expressed by the adjective "نائم" (masc.) or "نائمة" (fem.).
Example sentences
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الطِّفْلُ نَائِمٌ فِي السَّرِيرِ.
al-ṭiflu nāʾimun fī al-sarīr.
The child is asleep in the bed.
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هُوَ نَائِمٌ وَلا يَسْمَعُ صَوْتَكَ.
huwa nāʾimun wa lā yasmaʿu ṣawtaka.
He is asleep and does not hear you.
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تَوَقَّفَتِ الحَيَاةُ بَعْدَ أَنْ صَارَ النَّاسُ نَائِمِينَ.
tawaqqafat al-ḥayāh baʿda an ṣāra al-nāsu nāʾimīna.
Life stopped after people fell asleep.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
The city is asleep.
المدينة نائمة
The kids are asleep.
الأولاد نائمون.
Sami was sound asleep.
كان سامي نائما نوما عميقا.
Fadil was sound asleep.
كان سامي نائما نوما عميقا.
Layla was sound asleep.
كانت ليلى نائمة نوما عميقا.
"Where's the baby?" "Asleep."
”أين الطفل؟“ ”الطفل نائم.“
You're supposed to be asleep!
من المفترض أن تكون نائماً.
Layla was asleep in her bedroom.
كانت ليلى نائمة في غرفة نومها.
Fadil was downstairs, sound asleep.
كان سامي في الطّابق السّفلي و هو نائم نوما عميقا.
Layla was sound asleep in her room.
كانت ليلى في غرفتها، نائما نوما عميقا.
I fell asleep before my father came home.
غفوت قبل أن يأتي والدي للمنزل.
Mennad was asleep in front of the television.
كان منّاد نائما أمام التّلفاز.
Questions and answers
Can "asleep" be used as an adverb?
No, use "asleep" only as an adjective; the adverbial sense is expressed by "while sleeping".
Is there a colloquial short form?
In spoken Arabic people often say "نايم" (naayim) without the vowel marks.
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