English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "slaperigheid" is 'n toestand van lomerigheid of die neiging om slaperig te voel, dikwels tot die punt om af te knik of aan die slaap te raak. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n algemene gevoel van lusteloosheid of traagheid. Die woord word dikwels in mediese kontekste gebruik om 'n simptoom van verskeie toestande te beskryf, soos narkolepsie, slaapapnee, of sekere medikasie wat lomerigheid as 'n newe-effek kan veroorsaak.

Synonyms

  1. drowsiness
  2. sleepiness

Sentence Examples

  1. Then there is least somnolence in us and for an hour, at least, some part of us awakes which slumbers all the rest of the day and night.
  2. The nervous excitement of which we speak pursued Valentine even in her sleep, or rather in that state of somnolence which succeeded her waking hours it was then, in the silence of night, in the dim light shed from the alabaster lamp on the chimney-piece, that she saw the shadows pass and repass which hover over the bed of sickness, and fan the fever with their trembling wings.