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جَثَآءٌ جثآء i. q. شَخْصٌ [app. as meaning A person; or the body of a man, like جُثْوَةٌ and جُثَّةٌ]; as also ↓ جُثَآءٌ . (Sgh, K.) ― -b2- [And hence, perhaps,] Incubus, or nightmare. (TA. [But in this sense it is written in the TA جثا, without ', and without any syll. sign.]) -A2- Also i. q. جَزَآءٌ [Requital, or compensation]. (K.) ― -b2- 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.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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