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جُثَّة
corpse /ˈd͡ʒuθ.θa/
nounA1#569 most common
Also: dead body, cadaver, carcass
Example sentences
رأى الرجلُ جُثَّةً.
The man saw a corpse.
وجدت الشرطة جُثَّةً في النهر.
The police found a body in the river.
نُقلت الجُثَّة إلى المشرحة لإجراء التشريح.
The body was moved to the morgue for an autopsy.
اكتشف المحققون جُثَّةَ الضحية مدفونةً تحت أوراق الشجر.
The investigators found the victim's corpse buried under the leaves.
ظلّت الجُثَّة مجهولةَ الهوية لأسابيع قبل أن يتعرّف عليها أحد الأقارب.
The body stayed unidentified for weeks before a relative recognized it.
تكدّست الجُثَث في الشوارع بعد المعركة، شاهدةً على وحشية حربٍ لا ترحم.
The corpses piled up in the streets after the battle, a witness to the brutality of a merciless war.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جُثَّةٌ | جُثَثٌ |
| Genitive | جُثَّةٍ | جُثَثٍ |
| Accusative | جُثَّةً | جُثَثًا |
| Vocative | يا جُثَّةُ | يا جُثَثُ |
Word family
جُثَثcorpses, bodies (plural)
جَثَّto uproot, pull out
اجْتَثَّto uproot completely, extirpate
مُجْتَثّsomething uprooted; a poetic meter
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ج-ث-ث (j-th-th), tied to the verb جَثَّ, 'to uproot or cut off.' Classical dictionaries use جُثَّة for the body or bulk of a person, whether sitting or lying down. In modern usage the sense has narrowed, and it now most often means a lifeless body, a corpse.
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