جَثَآءٌ
Root: جثو
Full Definition
جَثَآءٌ
i. q.
شَخْصٌ [app. as meaning A person; or the body of a man, like جُثْوَةٌ and جُثَّةٌ]; as also
جُثَآءٌ .
2 [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.])
def.2 Also i. q. جَزَآءٌ [Requital, or compensation].
2 And Quantity, measure, size, bulk, or extent; and amount, sum, or number, as, for instance, of a people, or company of men.
2 [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.])
def.2 Also i. q. جَزَآءٌ [Requital, or compensation].
2 And Quantity, measure, size, bulk, or extent; and amount, sum, or number, as, for instance, of a people, or company of men.