Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The normal paralysis of the body that occurs during REM sleep.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A situation where a person is not fully awake, and although conscious of their surroundings, unable to move or speak, often accompanied by hallucinations and feelings of terror.

    Schlafparalyse, Schlafstarre, Schlaflähmung

    со́нный парали́чsónnyj paralíč

    со́нний пара́лічsónnyj parálič

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Yanni had sleep paralysis very often.

  2. Ziri saw that during sleep paralysis.

  3. Ziri had a sleep paralysis hallucination.

  4. Ziri endured horrible sleep-paralysis nightmares.

  5. Sami always had sleep paralysis as a kid.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
inability to move or speak while falling asleep or upon awakening:
Русский
By meaning 1
inability to move or speak while falling asleep or upon awakening:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
inability to move or speak while falling asleep or upon awakening:

Forms

plural: sleep paralyses
Singularsleep paralysis
Pluralsleep paralyses

irregular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedinsomnia

See also

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