جُثًا
Root: جثو
Full Definition
جُثًا
, or جُثًى, [pl. of جُثْوَةٌ, q. v.
def.2 Also] A company, or congregated body, of men; or so جَثْوَةٌ [or جُثْوَةٌ ]: and companies, or congregated bodies, thereof. 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 جَهَنَّمَ of those that sit upon the knees therein.
def.3 الجُثَا is also said to have been A certain idol, to which sacrifices were performed.
def.2 Also] A company, or congregated body, of men; or so جَثْوَةٌ [or جُثْوَةٌ ]: and companies, or congregated bodies, thereof. 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 جَهَنَّمَ of those that sit upon the knees therein.
def.3 الجُثَا is also said to have been A certain idol, to which sacrifices were performed.
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