Incubus, or nightmare; (T, K;) what comes upon a man when he is sleeping; (T, TA;) what comes upon a man in the night, preventing him from speaking; i. q.نَيْدُلَانٌ; (IAar, TA;) as also ↓جَاثُومٌ (T, K) and ↓جَثَّامَةٌ and ↓جُثَمٌ and ↓جُثَمَةٌ. (T, TA.)