🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

수면

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sumyeon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sleep/sliːp/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"충분한 수면은 건강에 필수적이다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A condition of body and mind that typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.

    "He needs at least eight hours of sleep every night to stay focused."
As verb
  1. 1

    To rest in a state of sleep.

    "The tired baby slept peacefully in her crib."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English verb 'slēpan' (Proto-Germanic *slēpanan), meaning to be inactive or dormant. It shares common roots with Old High German 'slāfan' and Gothic 'slēpan', ultimately tracing back to a Proto-Indo-European base denoting slackness or relaxation.

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