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جثو ند جثى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَثَاآءٌ جثاآء i. q. شَخْصٌ [app. as meaning A person; or the body of a man, like جُثْوَةٌ and جُثَّةٌ]; as also ↓ جُثَاآءٌ. (Sgh, K.) ― -b2- [And hence, perhaps,] Incubus, or nightmare. (TA. [But in this sense it is written in the TA جثا, without ء, and without any syll. sign.]) -A2- Also i. q. جَزَاآءٌ [ Requital, or compensation ]. (K.) ― -b2- And Quantity, measure, size, bulk, or extent; and amount, sum, or number, (K, TA,) as, for instance, of a people, or company of men. (TA.)

Derived headwords

جَثَاآءٌ
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