Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root ج ث م (j-ṯ-m). Compare also جَثَا (jaṯā, to kneel).

Verb

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جَثَمَ (jaṯama) I (non-past يَجْثُمُ (yajṯumu) or يَجْثِمُ (yajṯimu), verbal noun جَثْم (jaṯm) or جُثُوم (juṯūm))

  1. to crouch, to squat, to kneel, to cleave to the ground, to perch on, to nestle
  2. to crouch upon, to befall, to engulf [with عَلَى (ʕalā)]

Conjugation

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Verb

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جَثَّمَ (jaṯṯama) II (non-past يُجَثِّمُ (yujaṯṯimu), verbal noun تَجْثِيم (tajṯīm))

  1. to make cleave to the ground

Conjugation

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Noun

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جَثْم (jaṯmm

  1. verbal noun of جَثَمَ (jaṯama) (form I)

Declension

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