pre-noun adjectival
Formal or literary pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi) used to describe something that is sleeping or dormant. Often appears in set phrases like 眠れる獅子 (sleeping lion) or 眠れる才能 (dormant talent).
彼は眠れる獅子のような存在だ。
He is like a sleeping lion.
その発見は眠れる才能を呼び覚ました。
That discovery awakened a dormant talent.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be able to sleep
Potential form of 眠る (to sleep), meaning 'can sleep' or 'to be able to sleep'. Used intransitively.
See also: 眠る
昨夜はよく眠れた。
I was able to sleep well last night.
暑くてなかなか眠れない。
It's so hot I can't sleep.