Arabic vocabulary
How to say “sleep” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
اكتب سطرين قبل النوم، سطرًا للشكر على نعمة لاحظتها، وسطرًا للعزم على تصحيح خُلُق واحد غدًا
Write two lines before sleeping: one for expressing gratitude for a blessing you noticed, and another for resolving to correct one character trait tomorrow.
النَّوْمِ — sleeping. 'al-' = 'the'; 'nawm' = 'sleep', so 'before sleep'.
From: Small Daily Habits →فقرةٌ قبل النوم تفتحُ كتابًا،
A paragraph before sleep opens a book,
النَّوْمِ — sleep. 'sleep,' in the -i form, owned in 'before sleep.' The bedtime moment — the small, regular slot in which a single paragraph quietly opens a whole book, as the verb next says.
From: Steady Spiritual Habits →ومن كثر شربه ثقل نومه،
Whoever drinks more, sleeps heavily.
نَوْمُهُ — his sleep. This is 'his sleep', noun plus attached 'his' tied to the same person, serving as the subject of 'becomes heavy' before it.
From: Eating in Moderation →ومن ثقل نومه محقت بركة عمره
Whoever sleeps heavily, the blessings in his life are diminished.
نَوْمُهُ — his sleep. This is 'his sleep', noun with attached 'his', standing as the subject of the verb before it.
From: Eating in Moderation →OpenArabic teaches words like نَوْمٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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