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نَعَسَ
ذ
, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor.
نَعُسَ
, (S, M, and so in a copy of the B by the author of the K,) or
نَعَسَ
, (A, K,) [the latter being agreeable with analogy,] inf. n.
نُعَاسٌ, (S, A, K, * TA,) or this is a simple subst., (Msb,) [
He drowsed; he was, or
became, drowsy, or
heavy with sleepiness: or
he slumbered, or
dozed:] the inf. n. is
syn. with
وَسَنٌ: (S, A, K:) or ↓
نُعَاسٌ signifies
languor in the senses, (K, TA,)
arising from the heaviness [
which is the prevenient sign]
of sleep: (TA:) or the
beginning of sleep: (M, art.
وسن:) or its proper signification is, accord. to Az, (Msb, TA,)
وَسَنٌ (Msb) or
سِنَةٌ (TA)
without sleep: (Msb, TA,) or
سِنَةٌ is in the head, and
نُعَاسٌ is in the eye: or
سنة is the vapour (
ريح) of sleep which begins in the face, then is transmitted to the heart, and you say, of a man,
يَنْعَسُ, and then,
يَنَامُ. (Msb, art.
نوم.) It is said in a proverb,
مَطْلٌ كَنُعَاسِ الكَلْبِ [
A delaying of the payment, of a debt, or
the like, like the drowsing, or
slumbering, of the dog:] i. e. continual: (S, TA:) for the dog is characterized by much
نعاس, and, as is said in the B, is accustomed to open his eyes [only] sufficiently for the purpose of guarding, and this he does time after time. (TA.) ― -b2-
نَعَسَ, (TK,) inf. n.
نَعْسٌ, (IAar, K,) (assumed tropical:)
It (a man's judgment, and his body,)
was soft, and
weak. (IAar, K, TK.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:)
It (a market)
was, or
became, stagnant, or
dull, with respect to traffic. (K, TA.)
4
انعس
ذ
(assumed tropical:)
He begat heavy, sluggish, lazy, indolent, or
torpid, sons. (AA, K.)
6
تناعس
ذ
He feigned himself [
drowsing, or
slumbering, or]
sleeping. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:)
It (lightning)
became faint. (A, TA.)
نَعْسَةٌ
ذ
[
A single fit of drowsiness: or
of slumber:]
a single movement of the head in drowsing or
slumbering. (TA.) You say,
رَكَبَتْهُ نَعْسَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ [
A vehement fit of drowsiness, or
of slumber, came upon him]. (A.) And
نَعَسْتُ نَعْسَةً وَاحِدَةً [
I drowsed, or
slumbered, once]. (S.)
نَعْسَانٌ
ذ
: see
نَاعِسٌ.
نُعَاسٌ
ذ
: see 1.
نَعُوسٌ
ذ
A she-camel
bountiful in yielding milk; (S, A, K;)
that drowses, or
slumbers, in yielding milk; (A;) or because, in yielding milk, she drowses, or slumbers: (S:) or
having much milk, that drowses, or
slumbers, when milked: (M:) or
that closes her eyelid on being milked. (Az, TA.)
نَعَّاسَةٌ
ذ
: see
نَاعِسٌ.
نَاعِسٌ
ذ
, part. n. of
نَعَسَ, [
Drowsing, drowsy, or
heavy with sleep: or
slumbering, or
dozing:] (S, Msb, K:) as also ↓
نَعْسَانٌ ; (Lth, Fr, Th, Msb, K;) but this latter is rare; (Fr, Th, Msb, K;) and by some disallowed: (TA:) fem. of the former with
ة: (Msb, TA:) and of the latter
نَعْسَى, made to accord. with
وَسْنَى, fem. of
وَسْنَانٌ; and this is best in poetry: (Lth, Msb, TA:) and ↓
نَعَّاسَةٌ is also used as an epithet [in an intensive sense] applied to a female: (TA:) the pl. of
نَاعِسٌ is
نُعَّسٌ; like
رَكَّعٌ, pl. of
رَاكِعٌ: and that of
نَاعِسَةٌ is
نَوَاعِسُ. (Msb.) ― -b2-
جَدُّهُ نَاعِسٌ (tropical:) [
His good fortune is slumbering]. (A, TA.)
