sleepy

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• /ˈsliːpi/
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• rhymes with -iːpi
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *slēpaz Proto-West Germanic *slāp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Proto-West Germanic *slāpag Old English *slǣpiġ Middle English slepy English sleepy From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian släipich (“sleepy”), West Frisian sliepich (“sleepy”), dialectal Dutch slapig, slepig (“sleepy”), German Low German slapig, släpig, slöpig (“sleepy”), archaic German schlafig (“sleepy”).

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përgjumur — feeling the need for sleep
• Northern Altai: уйгулыг (uygulïg) — feeling the need for sleep
• Southern Altai: уйкулу (uykulu) — feeling the need for sleep
• Arabic: نَعْسَان (naʕsān) — feeling the need for sleep
• Arabic: نَاعِس (nāʕis) — feeling the need for sleep
• Arabic: نعسان (naʕsān) — feeling the need for sleep
• Arabic: نعسان (naʕsān) — feeling the need for sleep
• Armenian: քնկոտ (kʻnkot) — feeling the need for sleep
• Aromanian: somnos — feeling the need for sleep
• Belarusian: со́нны (sónny) — feeling the need for sleep
• Belarusian: заспа́ны (zaspány) — feeling the need for sleep
• Belarusian: пазаспа́ны (pazaspány) — feeling the need for sleep
• Belarusian: санлі́вы (sanlívy) — feeling the need for sleep
• Belarusian: драмлі́вы (dramlívy) — feeling the need for sleep
• Central Bikol: tungka — feeling the need for sleep
• Central Bikol: pirot — feeling the need for sleep
• Bulgarian: сънли́в (sǎnlív) — feeling the need for sleep
• Bulgarian: съ́нен (sǎ́nen) — feeling the need for sleep
• Catalan: somnolent — feeling the need for sleep
• Chinese Cantonese: 眼瞓 /眼𰥛 (ngaan5 fan3) — feeling the need for sleep
• Chinese: 愛睏 /爱困 (zh-min-nan) — feeling the need for sleep
• Chinese Mandarin: 昏昏欲睡 (hūnhūnyùshuì) — feeling the need for sleep
• Chinese Mandarin: 睏 /困 (kùn) — feeling the need for sleep
• Chinese Mandarin: 瞌睡 (kēshuì) — feeling the need for sleep
• Chinese Mandarin: 睏倦 /困倦 (kùnjuàn) — feeling the need for sleep
• Teochew: 目澀 /目涩 (mag8 siab4) — feeling the need for sleep
• Czech: ospalý — feeling the need for sleep
• Danish: søvnig — feeling the need for sleep
• Danish: træt — feeling the need for sleep
• Dutch: slaperig — feeling the need for sleep
• Esperanto: dormema — feeling the need for sleep
• Estonian: unine — feeling the need for sleep
• Finnish: uninen — feeling the need for sleep
• Finnish: unelias — feeling the need for sleep
• French: somnolent — feeling the need for sleep
• French: ensommeillé — feeling the need for sleep
• French: ensuqué — feeling the need for sleep
• Galician: durmiñento — feeling the need for sleep
• German: schläfrig — feeling the need for sleep
• Greek: νυσταγμένος (nystagménos) — feeling the need for sleep
• Greek: νυσταλέος (nystaléos) — feeling the need for sleep
• Ancient Greek: νυσταλέος (nustaléos) — feeling the need for sleep
• Ancient Greek: ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós) — feeling the need for sleep
• Mbya Guarani: opeýi — feeling the need for sleep
• Hebrew: מנומנם — feeling the need for sleep
• Hebrew: מְנֻמְנָם (m'numnám) — feeling the need for sleep
• Hindi: उनींदा (unīndā) — feeling the need for sleep
• Hindi: निद्रालु (nidrālu) — feeling the need for sleep
• Hungarian: álmos — feeling the need for sleep
• Icelandic: syfjaður — feeling the need for sleep
• Icelandic: þreyttur — feeling the need for sleep
• Indonesian: mengantuk — feeling the need for sleep
• Indonesian: ngantuk — feeling the need for sleep
• Ingrian: uniin — feeling the need for sleep
• Irish: codlatach — feeling the need for sleep
• Irish: suanmhar — feeling the need for sleep
• Irish: néalmhar — feeling the need for sleep
• Italian: assonnato — feeling the need for sleep
• Italian: sonnolento — feeling the need for sleep
• Japanese: 眠い (nemui) — feeling the need for sleep
• Japanese: 眠たい (nemutai) — feeling the need for sleep
• Kazakh: ұйқышыл (ūiqyşyl) — feeling the need for sleep
• Kazakh: ұйқылы (ūiqyly) — feeling the need for sleep
• Khmer: ងងុយដេក (ngɔnguy deek) — feeling the need for sleep
• Korean: 졸리다 (jollida) — feeling the need for sleep
• Central Kurdish: خەو ھاتن (xew hatin) — feeling the need for sleep
• Kyrgyz: уйкучул (uykucul) — feeling the need for sleep
• Kyrgyz: уйкулуу (uykuluu) — feeling the need for sleep
• Latin: sopōrus — feeling the need for sleep
• Latin: somnolentus — feeling the need for sleep
• Latin: somniculōsus — feeling the need for sleep
• Latvian: miegains — feeling the need for sleep
• Lithuanian: mieguistas — feeling the need for sleep
• Lushootseed: ʔəxwʔitutəb — feeling the need for sleep
• Macedonian: сонлив (sonliv) — feeling the need for sleep
• Macedonian: поспан (pospan) — feeling the need for sleep
• Malay: mengantuk — feeling the need for sleep
• Māori: hāmoemoe — feeling the need for sleep
• Māori: turamoe — feeling the need for sleep
• Māori: hinamoe — feeling the need for sleep
• Māori: ohere — feeling the need for sleep
• Marathi: झोपाळू (jhopāḷū) — feeling the need for sleep
• Middle English: slepy — feeling the need for sleep
• Mongolian: нойрмог (nojrmog) — feeling the need for sleep
• Navajo: bił nízin — feeling the need for sleep
• Norwegian: trøtt — feeling the need for sleep
• Norwegian: døsig — feeling the need for sleep
• Norwegian: søvnig — feeling the need for sleep
• Norwegian Bokmål: trett — feeling the need for sleep
• Norwegian Bokmål: søvnig — feeling the need for sleep
• Norwegian Nynorsk: søvnug — feeling the need for sleep
• Occitan: somnolent — feeling the need for sleep
• Persian: خواب آلود (xâb âlud) — feeling the need for sleep
• Plautdietsch: schleeprich — feeling the need for sleep
• Polish: senny — feeling the need for sleep
• Polish: śpiący — feeling the need for sleep
• Portuguese: sonolento — feeling the need for sleep
• Portuguese: com sono — feeling the need for sleep
• Romanian: somnoros — feeling the need for sleep
• Romanian: somnolent — feeling the need for sleep
• Russian: со́нный (sónnyj) — feeling the need for sleep
• Russian: сонли́вый (sonlívyj) — feeling the need for sleep
• Russian: за́спанный (záspannyj) — feeling the need for sleep
• Russian: дремли́вый (dremlívyj) — feeling the need for sleep
• Sardinian: sonnidu — feeling the need for sleep
• Scottish Gaelic: suaineach — feeling the need for sleep
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏спа̄н — feeling the need for sleep
• Serbo-Croatian: са̀њив — feeling the need for sleep
• Serbo-Croatian: дрѐмљив — feeling the need for sleep
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍspān — feeling the need for sleep
• Serbo-Croatian: sànjiv — feeling the need for sleep
• Serbo-Croatian: drèmljiv — feeling the need for sleep
• Shor: уйғулығ (uyğulığ) — feeling the need for sleep
• Slovak: ospalý — feeling the need for sleep
• Slovene: zaspan — feeling the need for sleep
• Spanish: tener sueño — feeling the need for sleep
• Spanish: cansado — feeling the need for sleep
• Spanish: adormecido — feeling the need for sleep
• Spanish: soñoliento — feeling the need for sleep
• Spanish: somnoliento — feeling the need for sleep
• Spanish: dormijoso (desus.) — feeling the need for sleep
• Swedish: trött — feeling the need for sleep
• Swedish: sömnig — feeling the need for sleep
• Swedish: pömsig — feeling the need for sleep
• Tagalog: inaantok — feeling the need for sleep
• Tajik: хоболуд (xobolud) — feeling the need for sleep
• Tamil: மந்தமான (mantamāṉa) — feeling the need for sleep
• Thai: เหนื่อย (nʉ̀ai) — feeling the need for sleep
• Thai: ง่วง (ngûuang) — feeling the need for sleep
• Tibetan: གཉིད་བྲོ (gnyid bro) — feeling the need for sleep
• Ottoman Turkish: مخمور (mahmur) — feeling the need for sleep
• Ottoman Turkish: طالغین (dalgın) — feeling the need for sleep
• Ukrainian: со́нний (sónnyj) — feeling the need for sleep
• Ukrainian: за́спаний (záspanyj) — feeling the need for sleep
• Ukrainian: сонли́вий (sonlývyj) — feeling the need for sleep
• Ukrainian: оспа́лий (ospályj) — feeling the need for sleep
• Ukrainian: мля́вий (mljávyj) — feeling the need for sleep
• Venetan: sonoleso — feeling the need for sleep
• Welsh: cysglyd — feeling the need for sleep
• Yiddish: שלעפֿעריק (shleferik) — feeling the need for sleep
• Zhuang: suiz — feeling the need for sleep
• Bulgarian: съ́нен (sǎ́nen) — suggesting tiredness
• Finnish: uninen — suggesting tiredness
• Finnish: väsynyt — suggesting tiredness
• French: endormi — suggesting tiredness
• Ingrian: uniin — suggesting tiredness
• Bulgarian: заспа́л (zaspál) — quiet; without bustle or activity
• Finnish: unelias — quiet; without bustle or activity
• Finnish: hiljainen — quiet; without bustle or activity
• Galician: durmiñento — quiet; without bustle or activity
• German: verschlafen — quiet; without bustle or activity
• Irish: meirbh — quiet; without bustle or activity