نَائِمsleeping

Example sentences

• فنأى بى طلب الشجر يوماً فلم أرح عليهما حتى ناما فحلبت لهما غبوقهما فوجدتهما نائمين فكرهت أن أوقظهما وأن أغبق قبلهما أهلاً أو مالاً،

  One day, I was delayed by seeking wood and did not return to them until they had fallen asleep. I milked their evening drink for them, but I found them asleep and disliked to wake them or to serve my family or wealth before them.

  نَائِمَيْنِ — asleep. This is a dual participle naming the state the parents were in, asleep, and its dual ending agrees with the dual 'them' just before. It works like a state-describing complement, telling how he found them; the form's 'two-ness' ties it to the pair.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →