would to close your eyes be 目を閉じる or 目を閉める or something else?

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@BlueSunset7 thank you 💜 one more question 🙏🏻 how would you say "His eyes were shut" and "He shot his eyes"?

@eternalia thank you!

I'm assuming then
目を瞑る（つむる/つぶる）
瞼/目蓋（まぶた）を閉じる
all mean "to close your eyes" and not "eyes (are/were) shut", right?

@eternalia oh no no, in English when you're taking about eyes or doors it's not like slamming the door or closing your eyes tightly. if you ask someone to close the door you could just say "shut the door" as well. and if someone's eyes were tightly closed you still would need to say "he squeezed his eyes shut" and things alike. so shut would simply be as in "to close" which is why you can say "his eyes were half shut" and "his eyes were half closed" both.

I was actually wondering about the grammar side of things. if we said "he shut his eyes" the word shut would be a verb and when we say "his eyes were shut" the word shot is an adjective.

since 目を閉じる is how we would say "he shut his eyes" I was wondering how we could form the sentence with the adjective form of the word "shut" if we could in Japanese.

could you tell me that 🥰🙏🏻 sorry for the wall of text XD

@eternalia thank you so much for putting up with me 🥰🙇🏻‍♀️😂🙈 got it! so sorry for taking so much of your time 🙇🏻‍♀️🙈 thank you so much again! 🙇🏻‍♀️🥰💜