جُثًا
1.
, or جُثًى, [plural of جُثْوَةٌ, q. v.
2.
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 tradition, 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 plural meaning is more reasonable]: and the latter in the tradition, فُلَانٌ مِنْ جُثَى جَهَنَّمَ [Such a one is of the companies, or congregated bodies, of Hell, or Hellfire], according to one recital: otherwise,
مِنْ جُثِىِّ
جَهَنَّمَ
of those that sit upon the knees therein. (TA.)
3.
الجُثَا is also said to have been A certain idol, to which sacrifices were performed. (TA.)