Half-sleep
Translation of "half-sleep" into Russian
half-sleep
Nounhalf-sleep
half-sleeps pl
Denotes a state of drowsiness; can behave as countable or uncountable.
She lay in half-sleep, aware of the birds but unable to open her eyes.
Она лежала в дремоте, слышала птиц, но не могла открыть глаза.
half-sleep
Verbhalf-sleep
half-sleeps
half-slept Past Simple / Past Participle
half-sleeping Gerund
Intransitive verb meaning ‘to sleep lightly or in a semi-conscious state’.
He half-slept through most of the flight.
Он дремал большую часть полёта.
Additional translations
подремывать
half-sleep
Adjectivehalf-sleep
Attributive use describing a state that is neither fully awake nor fully asleep.
полусонный
In a half-sleep stupor, he mumbled a reply.
В полусонном ступоре он пробормотал ответ.
Additional translations
редкое
Definitions
half-sleep
NounA state of drowsiness or semi-consciousness between waking and sleeping.
She lay in half-sleep, aware of the birds but unable to open her eyes.
half-sleep
VerbTo sleep lightly; to doze in a semi-conscious state.
He half-slept through most of the flight.
half-sleep
AdjectiveRelating to or characteristic of a state that is neither fully awake nor fully asleep.
In a half-sleep stupor, he mumbled a reply.