Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ن و م (n-w-m)

Verb edit

أَنَامَ (ʔanāma) IV, non-past يُنِيمُ‎ (yunīmu)

  1. (transitive) to lull to sleep, to put to bed, to put to sleep, to make lie down
    Synonym: نَوَّمَ (nawwama)
    Antonym: أَيْقَظَ (ʔayqaẓa)
  2. (transitive) to anesthetize, to deaden, to numb
  3. (euphemistic, transitive) to kill
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 32:106:
      فَمَا أَشْرَفَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَهُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَنَامُوهُ
      famā ʔašrafa yawmaʔiḏin lahum ʔaḥadun ʔillā ʔanāmūhu
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Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

أَنَامُ (ʔanāmu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of نَامَ (nāma)

Verb edit

أَنَامَ (ʔanāma) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of نَامَ (nāma)