ضجع

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of lying down, resting, or reclining. It extends to related concepts like proximity, sharing a sleeping place, and metaphorically, to things that are close or nearing their end, such as the sun at sunset.

Derived headwords

ضَجَعَverb

1.
he laid his side on the groundboth
he laid his side on the ground

ضَجْعٌnoun

1.
he laid his side on the groundboth
he laid his side on the ground

ضُجُوعٌnoun

1.
lying downboth
The act or state of lying down or reclining.

ضَاجِعٌadjective

1.
he is lying downboth
he is lying down

اضْطَجَعَverb

1.
like it (he laid down)both
like it (he laid down)

أَضْجَعَverb

1.
he made someone else lie downboth
he made someone else lie down

ضِجْعَةnoun

1.
way of lyingboth
The manner or posture of lying down, similar to the way one sits or kneels.

اضْطَجَعَverb

1.
like it (he laid down)both
like it (he laid down)

اضْجَعَverb

1.
he made someone else lie downboth
he made someone else lie down

الطَّجَعَverb

1.
to lie downclassical
A rare variant form of the verb meaning to lie down, where the emphatic 'dhad' is replaced by 'lam' to avoid combining two emphatic consonants.

ضَجِيعnoun

1.
the one who lies with youboth
the one who lies with you

تَضْجِيعnoun

1.
falling shortclassical
In a matter, it means falling short or neglecting it.

ضَجَعَتْverb

1.
to setclassical
Used for the sun when it nears the time of setting.

Parallel reading

ضجع الرجل، أي وضع جنبه بالارض

The man lay down, meaning he placed his side on the ground.

يضجع ضجعا وضجوعا

He lies down, with the masdar forms 'ḍaj'an' and 'ḍujū'an'.

فهو ضاجع

And he is lying down (active participle).

واضطجع مثله

And he lay down similarly.

وأضجعته أنا

And I made him lie down.

وفلان حسن الضجعة، مثال الركبة والجلسة

And so-and-so has a good way of lying down, like the way of kneeling and sitting.

وفى افتعل منه لغتان: من العرب من يقلب التاء طاء ثم يظهر فيقول اضطجع

And in the form 'ifti'ala' from it, there are two linguistic variants: some Arabs change the 'tā'' to 'ṭā'' and then pronounce it, saying 'iḍṭaḍja'a'.

ومنهم من يدغم فيقول اضجع فيظهر الاصلى

And among them are those who assimilate, saying 'iḍḍaḍja'a', thus revealing the original consonant.

ولا يقال اطجع لانهم لا يدغمون الضاد في الطاء

And 'iṭṭaḍja'a' is not said because they do not assimilate the 'ḍād' into the 'ṭā''.

وقال المازنى: بعض العرب يقول الطجع، ويكره الجمع بين حرفين مطبقين، ويبدل مكان الضاد أقرب الحروف إليها وهى اللام

And Al-Māzinī said: Some Arabs say 'al-ṭaḍja'a', disliking the combination of two emphatic letters, and they substitute the 'ḍād' with the closest letter to it, which is 'lām'.

وضجيعك: الذى يضاجعك

And your bedfellow: he who lies down with you.

والتضجيع في الأمر: التقصير فيه

And 'taḍjī'' in a matter: falling short in it.

ضجعت الشمس، إذا دنت للمغيب

The sun lay down, when it neared setting.