ضجع

مَضْجَعٌ ذ A place in which, or on which, one lies upon his side [or in any manner, or sleeps ]; (O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ مُضْطَجَعٌ: (O, K:) [ a bed; and the like: ] pl. مَضَاجِعُ: (Msb, TA:) which means sometimes places of sleep, or of passing the night: (Bd in iv. 38:) and beds; or other things spread upon the ground to lie upon. (Jel ibid., and Bd in xxxii. 16.) ― -b2- [Hence] the pl. is used as meaning (assumed tropical:) Wives, or women: so in the saying, هُوَ طَيِّبُ المَضَاجِعِ i. e. (assumed tropical:) He has well-born wives or women; like كَرِيمُ المَفَارِشِ. (TA.) ― -b3- And مَضَاجِعُ الغَيْثِ means (tropical:) The places of falling of rain. (O, K, TA.) One says, بَاتَتِ الرِّيَاضُ مَضَاجِعَ لِلْغَيْثِ (tropical:) [ The meadows were during the night places of the falling of rain ]. (A, TA.)