jathāʾun javaA='N جَثَاءٌ Bookmark Bookmarked Share 1.i. q. شَخْصٌ [apparently as meaning A person; or the body of a man, like جُثْوَةٌ and جُثَّةٌ]; as also ↓ جُثَاءٌ. (Sgh, K.) 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.])3. -A2- Also i. q. جَزَاءٌ [Requital, or compensation]. (K.) 4.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.)