نَعَسَ

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نَعَسَI , Present.T ـُ or ـَ [the latter being agreeable with analogy,] Verbal.Noun نُعَاسٌ, or this is a simple subst., [He drowsed; he was, or became, drowsy, or heavy with sleepiness: or he slumbered, or dozed:] the Verbal.Noun is syn. with وَسَنٌ: or نُعَاسٌ signifies languor in the senses, arising from the heaviness [which is the prevenient sign] of sleep: or the beginning of sleep: (M, art. وسن:) or its proper signification is, accord. to Az, وَسَنٌ or سِنَةٌ without sleep: 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: 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.
2 نَعَسَ, Verbal.Noun نَعْسٌ, It was soft, and weak.
3 It was, or became, stagnant, or dull, with respect to traffic.

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