ج ث و

Arabic

Root

ج ث و • (j-ṯ-w)

1. related to kneeling

Derived terms

• Form I: جَثَا (jaṯā, “to kneel”)
  • Verbal noun: جُثُوّ (juṯuww)
  • Active participle: جَاثٍ (jāṯin)
• Form III: جَاثَى (jāṯā, “to put the knees against the knees of”)
  • Verbal noun: مُجَاثَاة (mujāṯāh), جِثَاء (jiṯāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُجَاثٍ (mujāṯin)
  • Passive participle: مُجَاثًى (mujāṯan)
• Form IV: أَجْثَى (ʔajṯā, “to make kneel”)
  • Verbal noun: إِجْثَاء (ʔijṯāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُجْثٍ (mujṯin)
  • Passive participle: مُجْثًى (mujṯan)
• Form VI: تَجَاثَى (tajāṯā, “to put the knees against each other”)
  • Verbal noun: تَجَاثٍ (tajāṯin)
  • Active participle: مُتَجَاثٍ (mutajāṯin)

• جُثْوَة (juṯwa, “pile, heap”); pl. جُثًا (juṯan)
• مَجْثًى (majṯan, “place for the knees to rest; hassock”); pl. مَجَاثٍ (majāṯin)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “ج ث و”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 244–245
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ج ث و”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 380–381