נוּם ch. same Targ. Is. V, 27; a. e.—Part. נָאִים, נָיֵים, נָיֵם. Targ. Ps. CXXI, 3, sq. ינום Ms. (ed. נָיֵם, נאים).—Erub. 65ᵃ לא בעי מר מֵינַם פורתא would you not take a little nap? Ib. השתא … ונֵינוּם טובא soon will come the days which are long and yet short (of deeds), when we shall have a long sleep. Pes. 120ᵇ מינם קא נאים מר were you asleep?, v. infra. Yeb. 24ᵇ, a. fr. כי ניים ושכיב וכ׳ Rab must have said so when he was sleepy and going to bed; B. Kam. 47ᵇ; 65ᵃ (Ms. M. גאני, v. גְּנֵי). Snh. 7ᵃ היא נָיְימָא, v. דִּיקוּלָא.
Palp. - נַמְנֵם to be drowsy; to doze. Pes. l. c. אין נַמְנוּמֵי קא מְנַמְנְמִי Ms. O. (ed. incorr., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90) no, I was dozing. Kidd. 17ᵇ, v. הֵינוּמָא.—Esp. to be in a comatose condition, be dying. M. Kat. 28ᵃ דהוה קא מְנַמְנֵם that he was dying. Kidd. 72ᵃ bot. כי הוה קא מנ׳ רבי Ar. (ed. ניחא נפשיה) when Rabbi was dying.
Ithpalp. - אִיתְנַמְנֵם, אִינַּ׳ to be drowsy. Targ. Ps. LXXVI, 6.—Y. Yeb. I, 3ᵃ bot. שריין מִתְנַמְנְמִין they began to be drowsy. Y. Meg. II, 73ᵃ bot.; a. fr.