Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

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.


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