ج • ث • و •   • َ • ن • د •   • ج • ث • ى

(S, Msb, K) عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ, (S, Msb,) aor. 1َ2ُ3َ and 1َ2ِ3َ , inf. n. جُثُوُّ and جُثِىُّ, (S, Msb, K,) He sat upon his knees; (K, TA;) for the purpose of contention or disputation, or the like: (TA:) or جثا [and جثى] he kneeled; put himself in a kneeling posture; which is the mode of sitting of him who is contending or disputing: (AZ, Har p. 512:) [or he put down his knees upon the ground and raised his buttocks; i. e. he kneeled with his body and thighs erect, or nearly so : see جَاثٍ:] and جَثَا لِرُكْبَتِهِ he fell [upon his knee]; and جَثَوْا لِلرُّكَبِ [they fell upon the knees, and sank backwards so as to rest the body upon the keels or upon the left foot bent sideways beneath; for] جُثُوٌّ is the manner of sitting of the مُتَشَهِّد [in prayer]: (Ham p. 287:) or جَثَا, (K, TA,) inf. n. جَثْوٌ and جُثُوٌ, (TA,) he stood upon the extremities of his toes; (K;) like جَذَا; from which AO reckons it to be formed by substitution [of ث for ذ]; but IJ says that they are two dial. vars. (TA.) Aboo-Thumámeh says,

أُخَاصِمُهُمْ مَرَّPً قَايءِمًا وَأَجْثُو إِذَا مَا جَثَوْا لِلرُّكَبْ

[I contending, or disputing, with them one time standing, and falling upon my knees when they fell upon their knees]. (Ham p. 287.) -A2- جَثَوْتُ, (Sgh, K,) inf. n. جَثْوٌ; (TA;) and جَثَيْتُ, (Sgh, K,) inf. n. جَثْىٌ; (TA;) I collected camels, and sheep or goats. (Sgh, K.)

, (K, and so in some copies of the S,) or جَاثَيْتُهُ رُكْبَتِى إِلَى رُكْبَتِهِ, (so in other copies of the S,) [I sat, or sat with him, with my knee to his knee, each of us sitting upon his knees, in contending or disputing: see 1]: and جَاثَيْتُهُ alone, (S voce حَاضَرْتُهُ,) [signifies the same,] inf. n. مُجَاثَاةٌ (K and TA voce مُحَاَضرَةٌ) [and جِثَاءٌ: see also 6].

(S, K) He made him to sit upon his knees: [see 1:] or he made him to stand upon the extremities of his toes. (K.)

[They sat together upon their knees], (S, K,) in contending or disputing; inf. n. مُجَاثَاةٌ and جِثَاءٌ, which are [properly inf. ns. of 3, but are] thus used as inf. ns. of a verb to which they do not conform. (TA.) التَّجَاثِى فِى إِشَالَةِ الحَجَرِ is like التَّجَاذِ ى [The vying, one with another, in lifting the stone, for trial of strength]. (TA.)

Sitting upon his knees: or standing upon the extremities of his toes: (K:) and [simply] sitting: or [kneeling with his body and thighs erect, or nearly so; i. e.] putting down his knees [upon the ground] and raising his buttocks: (TA:) [see also 1, of which it is the part. n.:] pl. جُثِىٌ and جِثِىٌّ; (K;) or these may be pls., like بُكىٌّ and بكىٌ, pls. of بَاك; or inf. ns. used as epithets [as is indicated in the S]. (Er-Rághib, TA.) You say قَوْمٌ جُثِىٌّ [A company of men sitting upon their knees]; (S, Msb;) like as you say جَلَسَ جُلُوسًا and قَوْمٌ جُلُوسٌ. (S.) And hence, in the Kur [xix. 73], وَنَذَرُ الظَّالِمِينَ فِيهَا جُثِيًّا, and جِثِيًّا also, with kesr to the ج because of the kesr of the letter following it, [And we will leave the wrongdoers therein, sitting upon their knees.] (S.) And فُلَانٌ مِنْ جُثِىِّ جَهَنَّمَ: see جُثًا. (TA.) And, in the Kur [xlv. 27], وَتَرَي كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً (TA) And thou shalt see every people sitting upon the knees, (Bd, Jel,) in an upright posture, not at ease: (Bd:) or congregated; (Bd, Jel;) from جَثْوَةٌ signifying “ a company, ” or “ congregated body. ” (Bd.) Whence, (TA,) سُورَةُ الجَاثِيَةِ The [forty-fifth] chapter, of the Kur-án, next after that called الدُّخَان. (S, TA.) [الجَاثِى, or الجَاثِى عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ, (assumed tropical:) The constellation Hercules.]

i. q. شَخْصٌ [app. as meaning A person; or the body of a man, like جُثْوَةٌ and جُثَّةٌ]; as also ↓ جُثَاءٌ. (Sgh, K.) [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.]) -A2- Also i. q. جَزَاءٌ [Requital, or compensation]. (K.) And Quantity, measure, size, bulk, or extent; and amount, sum, or number, (K, TA,) as, for instance, of a people, or company of men. (TA.)

: see what next follows, in two places: and see جُثًا.

, or جُثًى, [pl. of جُثْوَةٌ, q. v. -A2- Also] A company, or congregated body, of men; (TA;) or so ↓ جَثْوَةٌ (Bd in xlv. 27) [or ↓ جُثْوَةٌ]: and companies, or congregated bodies, thereof. (TA.) 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 جُثِىِّ جَهَنَّمَ of those that sit upon the knees therein. (TA.) -A3- الجُثَا is also said to have been A certain idol, to which sacrifices were performed. (TA.)

and ↓ جِثْوَةٌ and ↓ جَثْوَةٌ Stones collected together: (S, K:) or the stones of earth collected together like the [mound over a] grave: and the first, a hillock: or a heap of earth: (TA:) or collected earth: (Ham p. 399:) or a quantity collected of earth &c.: (Ham p. 381:) and (hence, Ham p. 381) a grave: (TA, Ham pp. 381 and 399:) pl. جُثًا, (TA, Ham p. 399,) or جُثْى. (Ham ib.) It is said in a trad., رَأَيْتُ قُبُورَ الشُّهَدَاءِ جُثًا I saw the tombs of the martyrs [to be] collections of earth. (TA.) And جُثَى الحَرَمِ (pl. of جُثْوَةٌ, TA) and جِثَى الحَرَمِ (pl. of ↓ جِثْوَةٌ, TA) signify What are collected, in the sacred territory, of the stones of the جِمَار [or pebbles cast at Minè]: (S:) or this is a mistake; (K;) pointed out by Sgh in the TS: (TA:) the meaning is, what are collected together of the stones that are set [in heaps] at the limits of the sacred territory: or the أَنْصَاب [or stones set up around the Kaabeh] upon which victims were slain in sacrifice. (K, TA.) -A2- Also i. q. جَذْوَةٌ [A live coal; or piece of fire; &c.]: (K:) or so ↓ جَثْوَةٌ and ↓ جَثْوَةٌ: (TA:) or جثوةٌ مِنْ نَارٍ: (Fr, TA:) asserted by Yaakoob to be formed by substitution [of ث for ذ]. (TA.) -A3- And The middle [of a thing]. (IAar, K, TA: but omitted in the CK and in a MS. copy of the K.) -A4- And The body, with the limbs or members; syn. جَسَدٌ: (K:) or so جُثْوَةٌ: pl. جُثًى. (Sh, TA.) And جُثْوَةٌ, A great, or large, man. (ISh, TA.) -A5- See also جُثًا.

[ A place of sitting upon the knees.]