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جُثْوَةٌ جث جثا جثو جثوه جثوة 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 الشُّهَدَآءِ 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.) ― -b2- And جُثْوَةٌ, A great, or large, man. (ISh, TA.) -A5- See also جُثًا.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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