نعسان

Arabic

Etymology

Intensive adjective from the root ن ع س (n-ʕ-s); compare نَعَسَ (naʕasa, “to be sleepy”).

Adjective

نَعْسَان • (naʕsān) (feminine نَعْسَى (naʕsā))

1. sleepy, drowsy, lethargic

Declension

Declension of adjective نَعْسَان (naʕsān)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَعْسَان naʕsān	النَّعْسَان an-naʕsān	نَعْسَى naʕsā	النَّعْسَى an-naʕsā
Nominative	نَعْسَانُ naʕsānu	النَّعْسَانُ an-naʕsānu	نَعْسَى naʕsā	النَّعْسَى an-naʕsā
Accusative	نَعْسَانَ naʕsāna	النَّعْسَانَ an-naʕsāna	نَعْسَى naʕsā	النَّعْسَى an-naʕsā
Genitive	نَعْسَانَ naʕsāna	النَّعْسَانِ an-naʕsāni	نَعْسَى naʕsā	النَّعْسَى an-naʕsā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَعْسَانَيْن naʕsānayn	النَّعْسَانَيْن an-naʕsānayn	نَعْسَيَيْن naʕsayayn	النَّعْسَيَيْن an-naʕsayayn
Nominative	نَعْسَانَانِ naʕsānāni	النَّعْسَانَانِ an-naʕsānāni	نَعْسَيَانِ naʕsayāni	النَّعْسَيَانِ an-naʕsayāni
Accusative	نَعْسَانَيْنِ naʕsānayni	النَّعْسَانَيْنِ an-naʕsānayni	نَعْسَيَيْنِ naʕsayayni	النَّعْسَيَيْنِ an-naʕsayayni
Genitive	نَعْسَانَيْنِ naʕsānayni	النَّعْسَانَيْنِ an-naʕsānayni	نَعْسَيَيْنِ naʕsayayni	النَّعْسَيَيْنِ an-naʕsayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	نَعْسَيَات naʕsayāt	النَّعْسَيَات an-naʕsayāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	نَعْسَيَاتٌ naʕsayātun	النَّعْسَيَاتُ an-naʕsayātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	نَعْسَيَاتٍ naʕsayātin	النَّعْسَيَاتِ an-naʕsayāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	نَعْسَيَاتٍ naʕsayātin	النَّعْسَيَاتِ an-naʕsayāti

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “نعسان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نعسان”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen