A sleeping-place: (S, A, K:) plural مَرَاقِدُ. (A.) You say, بَعَثَهُ مِنْ مَرْقَدِهِ [He roused him from his sleeping-place]. (A.) And أَخَذُوا مَرَاقِدَهُمْ [They took their sleeping-places]. (A.)
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It seems, from the manner in which it is used in the Qur'an, 36:52, [like the former of the two exs. mentioned above,] that it may perhaps also be a verbal noun (TA.)