drowsiness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English drowsy

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English drowsiness

From drowsy + -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: IPA^(key): /ˈdɹæʊːzinəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

drowsiness (usually uncountable, plural drowsinesses)

1. The state of being drowsy.
   • 2009 March 17, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “After a Stroke, Freeing Muscles With Botox”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 June 2017:

     And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.

Translations

state of being drowsy — see also somnolence,‎ sleepiness

• Arabic: نُعَاس m (nuʕās), سِنَة (ar) f (sina)
• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: նիրհ f (nirh)

• Belarusian: санлі́васць f (sanlívascʹ), аспа́ласць f (aspálascʹ)
• Bulgarian: сънли́вост (bg) f (sǎnlívost)
• Catalan: somnolència f, son (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 睡意 (zh) (shuìyì), 嗜睡 (shìshuì), 嗜睡症 (zh) (shìshuìzhèng)

• Czech: ospalost f
• Dutch: slaperigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: uneliaisuus (fi)
• French: somnolence (fr) f, assoupissement (fr) m, torpeur (fr) f

  Old French: dorveille f

• Georgian: თვლემა (tvlema), ძილიანობა (ʒilianoba), მოთენთილობა (motentiloba)
• German: Schläfrigkeit (de) f
• Greek: νύστα (el) f (nýsta)

  Ancient Greek: νυσταγμός m (nustagmós), ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ f (lēthārgĭ́ā)

• Hindi: झूम (hi) f (jhūm)
• Hungarian: álmosság (hu), aluszékonyság (hu)
• Icelandic: höfgi (is) m
• Irish: codlatacht f, marbhnéal m, meathchodladh m, míogarnach f, múisiam m, múisiúntacht f, sáimhríocht f, sámhántacht f, scim f, suanmhaireacht
• Italian: sonnolenza (it) f, sopore (it) m, letargia (it) f, sopore (it) m, sopimento m, abbiocco (it) m
• Japanese: 眠気 (ja) (ねむけ, nemuke), 眠け (ja) (ねむけ, nemuke)
• Korean: 졸음 (ko) (joreum)
• Latin: somnus m, sopor m, lēthargus m, somnolentia f, lēthargia f
• Latvian: miegainums m, miegainība f
• Macedonian: поспаност f (pospanost)
• Navajo: bił
• Pali: middha
• Persian: خواب‌آلودی (xâb-âludi)
• Polish: senność (pl) f, ospałość (pl) f, śpiączka (pl) f (colloquial)
• Portuguese: sonolência (pt) f, torpor (pt) m
• Russian: сонли́вость (ru) f (sonlívostʹ), спя́чка (ru) f (spjáčka), дремо́та (ru) f (dremóta)
• Sanskrit: स्वप्न (sa) m (svápna)
• Scottish Gaelic: èislean m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: mȁmūrnōst (sh), дрѐмљиво̄ст f

  Latin: pospanost (sh), mȁmūrnōst (sh), drèmljivōst (sh), fjȁka (sh) f

• Slovak: ospalosť f
• Slovene: zaspanost f
• Spanish: soñolencia (es) f, somnolencia (es) f, sopor (es) m, duermevela (es) f, adormecimiento (es) m, modorra (es) f
• Swedish: sömnighet (sv) c
• Tagalog: antok
• Tamil: அசதி (ta) (acati), தூக்கம் (ta) (tūkkam), மயக்கம் (ta) (mayakkam)
• Telugu: మైకము (te) (maikamu)
• Thai: ความง่วง (th) (kwaam-ngûuang)
• Turkish: bilinçsizlik (tr), gaflet (tr), rehavet (tr), uyuşukluk (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: طالغینلق (dalgınlık)

• Ukrainian: сонли́вість f (sonlývistʹ), со́нність f (sónnistʹ), сонно́та f (sonnóta), сонли́виці f pl (sonlývyci), оспа́лість f (ospálistʹ), сонни́ці f pl (sonnýci)
• Urdu: جھوم f (jhūm), غُنُودَگی f (ġunūdagī)