جَثَاءٌ

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.
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.)

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