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جثا

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of kneeling or crouching, often on the knees. It also extends to the meaning of a heap or pile, particularly of stones, and by extension, a place where such heaps are gathered.

Derived headwords

الجَثْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Heap of stonesboth

    A pile or heap formed from collected stones.

الجُثْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Heap of stonesboth

    A pile or heap formed from collected stones. This is a variant pronunciation of the same word.

الجِثْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Heap of stonesboth

    A pile or heap formed from collected stones. This is a variant pronunciation of the same word.

جَثَى الحَرَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Stones gathered for stoningclassical

    The stones that have accumulated in the place designated for the ritual stoning of the devil (jamarat) in the Haram (sacred precinct).

جَثَى الحَرَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Stones gathered for stoningclassical

    The stones that have accumulated in the place designated for the ritual stoning of the devil (jamarat) in the Haram (sacred precinct). This is a variant pronunciation.

جَثَا على رُكْبَتَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    To kneel downboth

    To fall or rest upon one's knees.

يَجْثُوverb
  1. 1.
    He kneelsboth

    The present tense form of the verb meaning to kneel or crouch.

يَجْثَىverb
  1. 1.
    He kneelsboth

    A variant present tense form of the verb meaning to kneel or crouch.

جَثْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Kneelingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of kneeling or crouching.

جُثُوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Kneelingboth

    A variant verbal noun (masdar) for the act of kneeling or crouching.

أَجْثَاهُ غَيْرُهُverb
  1. 1.
    Caused him to kneelboth

    To make someone else kneel or crouch down.

جُثِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    like sittingboth

    like sitting

  2. 2.
    with ḍamm on the jīm and also kasr, following the thāʾboth

    with ḍamm on the jīm and also kasr, following the thāʾ

جَاثَيْتُهُ رُكْبَتِي إِلَى رُكْبَتِهِverb
  1. 1.
    I pressed my knee against hisclassical

    To press one's knee against another person's knee, implying closeness or competition in kneeling.

تَجَاثَوْا عَلَى الرُّكَبِverb
  1. 1.
    They crouched togetherboth

    To crouch or kneel together, often in a group.

سُورَةُ الجَاثِيَةname
  1. 1.
    The Chapter of the Crouchingboth

    The name of the 45th chapter (Surah) of the Quran, so called because it mentions people crouching on their knees.

Parallel reading

الجثوة والجثوة والجثوة، ثلاث لغات: الحجارة المجموعة.
Al-jathwah, al-juthwah, and al-jithwah are three pronunciations: the heap of stones.
وجثي الحرم بالضم، وجثي الحرم أيضا بالكسر: ما اجتمع فيه من حجارة الجمار.
And jathyy al-haram with dammah, and jithyy al-haram also with kasrah: what has gathered therein of the stones of the jamarat (stoning of the devil).
وجثا على ركبتيه يجثو ويجثى جثيا وجثوا، على فعول فيهما.
And he knelt on his knees, he kneels (yajthoo) and he kneels (yajthaa), a kneeling (jathyan) and a kneeling (juthuwan), with the pattern 'fa'ool' in both.
وأجثاه غيره.
And another made him kneel.
وقوم جثي أيضا، مثل جلس جلوسا وقوم جلوس.
And a people are juthayy, like 'jalasa julusan' (he sat a sitting) and a people are 'julus' (sitting).
ومن قوله تعالى: (ونذر الظالمين فيها جثيا)
And from His saying, the Almighty: (And the wrongdoers will be seen therein crouching).
وجثيا أيضا بكسر الجيم لما بعدها من الكسر.
And juthayyan also with kasrah on the jim, followed by what is after it of kasrah.
وجاثيته ركبتي إلى ركبته.
And I pressed my knee against his knee.
وتجاثوا على الركب.
And they crouched together on their knees.
وسورة الجاثية: التى تلى الدخان.
And Surah Al-Jathiyah: which is recited after Ad-Dukhan.