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ضاجَع
to sleep with, to have sexual intercourse with /ˈdˤaː.dʒa.ʕa/
verbB1#2060 most common
Also: to lie with (someone), to share a bed with, to cohabit with
Example sentences
هو ضاجَعَ زوجتَه.
He slept with his wife.
ضاجَعَ الرجلُ زوجتَه ليلاً.
The man slept with his wife at night.
هل ضاجَعتَ أحداً قبل الزواج؟
Did you sleep with anyone before marriage?
يُحرّم الدينُ أن يُضاجِعَ الرجلُ امرأةً ليست زوجتَه.
Religion forbids a man from sleeping with a woman who is not his wife.
اعترف في المحكمة بأنه ضاجَعها رغماً عنها.
In court he confessed that he had slept with her against her will.
تناول الكاتب في روايته العلاقةَ المحرّمة برجلٍ ضاجَعَ من لا يحلّ له أن يقترب منها.
In his novel the writer treated the forbidden bond of a man who slept with one he was not permitted to approach.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُضاجِعُ | ضاجَعْتُ | سأُضاجِعُ |
| 2sg | تُضاجِعُ | ضاجَعْتَ | ستُضاجِعُ |
| 3sg | يُضاجِعُ | ضاجَعَ | سيُضاجِعُ |
| 1pl | نُضاجِعُ | ضاجَعْنا | سنُضاجِعُ |
| 2pl | تُضاجِعونَ | ضاجَعْتُم | ستُضاجِعونَ |
| 3pl | يُضاجِعونَ | ضاجَعوا | سيُضاجِعونَ |
Word family
مُضاجَعةsexual intercourse, lying together
مَضْجَعbed, resting placeاِضْطَجَعَto lie down
ضَجيعbedfellow
ضَجْعةa lying down, a rest
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root ض-ج-ع (ḍ-j-ʿ), which carries the sense of lying down or reclining. The same root gives مَضْجَع, a bed or resting place. In Form III the pattern adds the idea of doing the act with another person, so the verb narrows to sharing a bed, and from there to sexual relations.
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