جثو

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

The root جثو primarily relates to the concept of gathering, accumulating, or piling up, often referring to physical objects like stones or earth. It also extends to the physical posture of kneeling or crouching, and by extension, to concepts of gathering for judgment or punishment.

Derived headwords

الجَثْوَةnoun

1.
pile of stonesboth
A collection of stones, often gathered together. The word can also refer to a mound of earth resembling a grave.
2.
bodyclassical
The physical body of a person.
3.
firebrandclassical
A burning piece of wood or coal; a firebrand. This is a variant pronunciation/spelling of جذوة.
4.
middleclassical
The central part or core of something.
5.
heap of stonesclassical
Stones gathered in a place, specifically referring to stones collected at the pilgrimage sites (Jamarat) or stones marking the boundaries of the Haram.
6.
altar stoneclassical
Stones upon which sacrifices were made.
7.
small hillockclassical
A small mound or elevation of earth.
8.
graveclassical
A burial mound or tomb.

جَثَاverb

1.
to kneelboth
To sit or rest on one's knees, often in preparation for a dispute or in supplication.
2.
to stand on tiptoeclassical
To stand on the tips of one's toes.

جَثْوًاnoun

1.
kneelingboth
The act of kneeling or crouching.

جَثْيًاnoun

1.
kneelingboth
The act of kneeling or crouching.

أَجْثَاهُverb

1.
to make kneelclassical
To cause someone else to kneel or crouch.

جَاثٍadjective

1.
kneelingboth
One who is kneeling or crouching.
2.
gatheredclassical
Collected or assembled, used to describe a group or nation.

جُثِيٌّnoun

1.
kneeling peopleboth
A group of people who are kneeling or crouching.
2.
gatheringclassical
A collection or assembly of people.

جَاثَيْتُverb

1.
to kneel besideclassical
To kneel next to someone.

تَجَاثَوْاverb

1.
to kneel togetherclassical
To kneel together, especially in a dispute or confrontation.

مُجَاثَاةnoun

1.
kneeling togetherclassical
The act of kneeling together, particularly in the context of a dispute.

الجَثَاءnoun

1.
personclassical
A person or individual.
2.
rewardclassical
Recompense or reward.
3.
quantityclassical
An amount or measure.
4.
estimateclassical
An approximation or estimation.

جُثِيٌّname

1.
mountain nameclassical
The name of a mountain located between Fadak and Khaybar.

جَثَوْتُverb

1.
to gatherclassical
To collect or gather animals like camels or sheep.

جَثَّيْتُverb

1.
to gatherclassical
To collect or gather animals like camels or sheep.

جَثْيًاnoun

1.
gatheringclassical
The act of collecting or gathering animals.

الجَاثِيَةname

1.
name of a surahboth
The name of the 45th chapter of the Quran, referring to those who kneel.

الجَثَاnoun

1.
group of peopleclassical
A multitude or group of people, often used in the context of the Day of Judgment.

الجَاثِيadjective

1.
kneeling personclassical
A person who is kneeling or crouching.

مُجَثَّاةadjective

1.
made to kneelclassical
A woman who is made to kneel or is in a kneeling posture, possibly in a sexual context.

الجَاثُومnoun

1.
nightmareclassical
A heavy, oppressive feeling during sleep, often associated with nightmares.

التَّجَاثِيnoun

1.
kneeling togetherclassical
The act of kneeling together, similar to 'tajadhi'.

Parallel reading

الحجارة المجموعة

The gathered stones

حجارة من تراب متجمع كالقبر

Stones made of accumulated earth like a grave

فإذا لم نجد حجرا جمعنا جثوة من تراب

And if we did not find a stone, we would gather a mound of earth

الجثوة، بالضم: الجسد

Al-jathwah, with dammah: the body

يوم ترى جثوته في الأقبر

The day you see his body in the graves

جذوة من النار وجثوة

A firebrand of fire and a mound of earth

والعنبر جثوتها، يعني بدن عمرو بن تميم ووسطها

And the ambergris is its middle, meaning the body and the middle of Amr ibn Tamim

ما اجتمع فيه من حجارة الجمار

What gathered in it of the stones of the Jamarat

من الحجارة التي توضع على حدود الحرم

Of the stones that are placed on the borders of the Haram

الأنصاب التي كانت تذبح عليها الذبائح

The altars upon which the sacrifices were made

جلس على ركبتيه للخصومة ونحوها

He knelt on his knees for a dispute and the like

أنا أول من يجثو للخصومة بين يدي الله، عز وجل

I am the first who will kneel for judgment before God, the Almighty

إذا قام على أطراف أصابعه

If he stands on the tips of his toes

وهو جاث جثي

And he is crouching, jathi

ونذر الظالمين فيها جثيا

And the wrongdoers will be warned therein, kneeling

فلان من جثى جهنم أي ممن يجثو على الركب فيها

So-and-so is from the kneeling ones of Hell, meaning from those who kneel on their knees therein

وجاثيت ركبتي إلى ركبته

And I knelt my knee to his knee

وتجاثوا على الركب في الخصومة مجاثاة

And they knelt together on their knees in dispute, a mutual kneeling

الشخص

The person

جثاء كذا أي زهاؤهم

Such-and-such is its quantity, meaning their estimation

جبل بين فدك وخيبر

A mountain between Fadak and Khaybar

جمعتها

I gathered them

وترى كل أمة جاثية

And you will see every nation kneeling

موضوع موضع الجمع كقولك جماعة قائمة وجماعة قاعدة

Used in place of a plural, like you say a group standing and a group sitting

يقال للرجل العظيم الجثوة بالضم

A great man is called 'al-jathwah' with dammah

الجثا: الجماعة

Al-jatha: the group

يصيرون يوم القيامة جثا كل أمة تتبع نبيها

They will become on the Day of Resurrection groups, each nation following its prophet

الجثوة: القبر

Al-jathwah: the grave

ترى جثوتين من تراب عليهما صفائح صم من صفيح مصمد

You see two mounds of earth upon which are solid slabs of hammered metal

عالم بالذي يكون نقي الصدر عف على جثاه يحور

Knowledgeable of what will be, pure of heart, abstaining over the graves of his ancestors, he returns

ينحر النسك على جثا آبائه، أي على قبورهم

He slaughters sacrifices on the graves of his fathers, meaning on their tombs

الجثا صنم كان يذبح له

Al-jatha was an idol upon which sacrifices were made

الجثوة: الربوة الصغيرة

Al-jathwah: the small hillock

هي الكومة من التراب

It is the heap of earth

رأيت قبور الشهداء جثا

I saw the graves of the martyrs as mounds

يعني أتربة مجموعة

Meaning collected heaps of earth

الجاثي: القاعد

Al-jathi: the one sitting

المستوفز على ركبتيه

The one crouching on his knees

المستوفز الذي رفع أليتيه ووضع ركبتيه

The one who raises his buttocks and places his knees

فلان من جثا جهنم، أي من جماعات أهل جهنم

So-and-so is from the groups of Hell, meaning from the congregations of the people of Hell

روي مجثاة، كأنه أراد جثيت فهي مجثاة، أي حملت على أن تجثو على ركبها

It is narrated as 'mujathyah', as if he meant 'she knelt' and 'she is mujathyah', meaning she was made to kneel on her knees

الجثا: الجاثوم بالليل

Al-jatha: the nightmare at night

والتجاثي في اشالة الحجر: مثل التجاذي وسيأتي

And 'al-tajathi' in lifting stones: like 'al-tajadhi', and it will come later