جثو ند جثى

جُثًا جثا , or جُثًى, [pl. of جُثْوَةٌ, q. v. -A2- Also] A company, or congregated body, of men; (TA;) or so ↓ جَثْوَةٌ (Bd in xlv. 27) [or ↓ جُثْوَةٌ]: and companies, or congregated bodies, thereof. (TA.) It has the former meaning in a trad., where it is said, يَصِيرُونَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ جُثًا كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تَتْبَعُ نَبِيَّهَا [ They shall become, on the day of resurrection, a company, or congregated body, each people following its prophet: or here the pl. meaning is more reasonable]: and the latter in the trad., فُلَانٌ مِنْ جُثَى جَهَنَّمَ [ Such a one is of the companies, or congregated bodies, of Hell, or Hellfire ], accord. to one recital: otherwise, ↓ مِنْ جُثِىِّ جَهَنَّمَ of those that sit upon the knees therein. (TA.) -A3- الجُثَا is also said to have been A certain idol, to which sacrifices were performed. (TA.)