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ضَاجِعَةٌ

Root: ضجع

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ضَاجِعَةٌ as a subst. i. q. مَصَبُّ وَادٍ; (AA, T, O, K, TA; [app. meaning The place where the water flows into it, of a valley; for] Az adds, in the T, as though it were a رَحَبَة, [see رَحَبَةُ الوَادِى in art. رحب,] then, afterwards, it takes a straight direction, and becomes a valley (وَادٍ): pl. ضَوَاجِعُ.
2 ضَوَاجِعُ [which is like wise pl. of ضَاجِعٌ] also signifies [Hills such as are called] هِضَاب [pl. of هَضْبَةٌ]; and is said to have no sing. [in this sense]: occurring in a verse of En-Nábighah Edh-Dhubyánee: but ISk says that, in this instance, it is the name of a certain place.
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