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نَعَسَ , (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 (assumed tropical:)
He
begat heavy, sluggish, lazy, indolent, or
torpid,
sons. (AA, K.) 6
تناعس He feigned himself [
drowsing,
or
slumbering, or]
sleeping. (K, * TA.) ―
-b2- (tropical:)
It (lightning)
became faint.
(A, TA.)
نَعْسَةٌ [
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 : see
نَاعِسٌ.
نُعَاسٌ : see 1.
نَعُوسٌ 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 : see
نَاعِسٌ.
نَاعِسٌ , 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.) Credit:
Lane Lexicon