English → Arabic
sleeping in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- nāʾim
- Arabizi
na2im- Type
- adjective · masculine
- Root
- ن و م
How to use it
"Sleeping" describes a person or animal that is currently in sleep. In Arabic, the adjective نائم matches the gender of the noun (نائمة for feminine).
Example sentences
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الطِفْلُ نَائِمٌ فِي السَّرِيرِ.
al-ṭiflu nāʾimun fī al-sarīr.
The child is sleeping in the bed.
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القطُّ نَائِمٌ تحتَ الشَّجَرَةِ.
al-qiṭṭu nāʾimun taḥta al-shajarah.
The cat is sleeping under the tree.
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أنا نَائِمٌ الآنَ.
anā nāʾimun al-ʾān.
I am sleeping now.
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.
Sleeping sickness
5 - العمى النهري
Sami is sleeping.
سامي نائم.
Were you sleeping?
هل كنت نائما؟
Sami was sleeping.
كان سامي نائما.
Who's sleeping here?
من ينام هنا؟
Sami wasn't sleeping.
لم يكن سامي نائما.
Why isn't he sleeping?
لماذا لا ينام؟
Sami's baby was sleeping.
كان صبيّ سامي نائما.
Sami took sleeping pills.
تناول سامي أقراص النّوم.
Layla took sleeping pills.
كانت ليلى تتناول أقراص النّوم.
America’s Sleeping Watch Dog
كلب الحراسة الأميركي النائم
He pretended to be sleeping.
تظاهر بالنوم.
Questions and answers
How to make it plural?
Use "نائمون" for masculine plural or "نائمات" for feminine.
Is there a noun form?
Yes, "نوم" means "sleep".
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