نعس
1 نَعَسَ, (
S,
A,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـُ (
S,
M, and so in a copy of the
B by the author of the
K,) or ـَ (
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.)
