ج ث و

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 (jiṯāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُجَاثٍ‎ (mujāṯin)
  • Passive participle: مُجَاثًى‎ (mujāṯan)
• Form IV: أَجْثَى‎ (ʾajṯā, “to make kneel”)
  • Verbal noun: إِجْثَاء‎ (ʾijṯāʾ)
  • 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 (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 244–245
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ج ث و”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 380–381