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استقدح

Root: قدح

Form: 10

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استقدحX [lit. signifies He asked, or demanded, that his زِنَاد (pl. of زَنْدٌ q. v.) should produce fire: and] is a tropical phrase [meaning He asked, or demanded, that he might avail himself of his instrumentality].
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