نَعْسَةٌ
Root: نعس
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نَعْسَةٌ
[A single fit of drowsiness: or of slumber:] a single movement of the head in drowsing or slumbering. You say, رَكَبَتْهُ نَعْسَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ [A vehement fit of drowsiness, or of slumber, came upon him]. And نَعَسْتُ نَعْسَةً وَاحِدَةً [I drowsed, or slumbered, once].
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