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1 جَثَا ذ and جَثَى (S, Msb, K) عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ, (S, Msb,) aor. 1َ2ُ3َ and 1َ2ِ3َ , inf. n. جُثُوُّ and جُثِىُّ, (S, Msb, K,) He sat upon his knees; (K, TA;) for the purpose of contention or disputation, or the like: (TA:) or جثا [and جثى] he kneeled; put himself in a kneeling posture; which is the mode of sitting of him who is contending or disputing: (AZ, Har p. 512:) [or he put down his knees upon the ground and raised his buttocks; i. e. he kneeled with his body and thighs erect, or nearly so : see جَاثٍ:] and جَثَا لِرُكْبَتِهِ he fell [upon his knee]; and جَثَوْا لِلرُّكَبِ [they fell upon the knees, and sank backwards so as to rest the body upon the keels or upon the left foot bent sideways beneath; for] جُثُوٌّ is the manner of sitting of the مُتَشَهِّد [in prayer]: (Ham p. 287:) or جَثَا, (K, TA,) inf. n. جَثْوٌ and جُثُوٌ, (TA,) he stood upon the extremities of his toes; (K;) like جَذَا; from which AO reckons it to be formed by substitution [of ث for ذ]; but IJ says that they are two dial. vars. (TA.) Aboo-Thumámeh says, “ أُخَاصِمُهُمْ مَرَّپً قَائِمًا وَأَجْثُو إِِذَا مَا جَثَوْا لِلرُّكَبْ
” [I contending, or disputing, with them one time standing, and falling upon my knees when they fell upon their knees]. (Ham p. 287.) -A2- جَثَوْتُ, (Sgh, K,) inf. n. جَثْوٌ; (TA;) and جَثَيْتُ, (Sgh, K,) inf. n. جَثْىٌ; (TA;) I collected camels, and sheep or goats. (Sgh, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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