Rizwan Zubair

Root ن و م n-w-m

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ن و مn-w-m

(س) نَامَ يَنَامُ نَوْمًاnāma yanāmu nawman (original form: نَوِمَ يَنْوَمُnawima yanwamu): to sleep. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)

نَوْمٌnawm (verbal noun, maṣdar, also a noun, ism dhāt): sleep. ﴿لَا تَاْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَّلَا نَوْمٌ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:255); ﴿وَّجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا﴾ (An-Nabaʾ 78:9)

نَآئِمٌnāʾim pl. نَآئِمُوْنَnāʾimūna (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who sleeps. ﴿اَنْ يَّاْتِيَهُمْ بَاْسُنَا بَيَاتًا وَّهُمْ نَآئِمُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:97); ﴿فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Qalam 68:19)

مَنَامٌmanām (mīmī verbal noun, maṣdar mīmī / noun of time or place, ẓarf): sleeping; the state of sleep, dream. ﴿اِنِّيْٓ اَرٰى فِي الْمَنَامِ اَنِّيْٓ اَذْبَحُكَ﴾ (Aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:102)

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