na3s ناعس
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“na3s” (ناعس) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning asleep, sleeping.
Meanings
- asleep, sleeping
- lying in bed
Usage
Na3es is the participle of the verb n3es, "to sleep". It describes an ongoing state: "he is sleeping", "he is asleep". It agrees in gender and number: na3sa in the feminine, na3sin in the plural. It is often used with rah or rani: "rah na3es", "he is sleeping". Note that it does not mean "to be sleepy". For that, say "fiya n3as" or "jani n3as". The word is also used figuratively for someone slow or inattentive: "nta na3es!", "are you asleep or what!".
Example
ل بيبي ناعس
l bebe na3ss
“The baby is sleeping.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “na3s” but also “na3es”, “na3ss”, “na3ess” and “naes”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “na3s” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “asleep, sleepy”; “sluggish, not alert”: na3es in Tunisian.