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 or يَجْثِمُ‎ (yajṯumu or yajṯimu)

  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)

  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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