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جِذْوَةٌ

Root: جذو

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جِذْوَةٌ and جُذْوَةٌ and جَذْوَةٌ [A brand, or fire-brand;] i. q. جِذْمَةٌ, i. e. a thick piece of wood, having fire at the end of it or not: or a thick piece of fire-wood, not flaming: (AO, TA, in explanation of جِذْوَةٌ مِنَ النَّارِ:) or a thick stick, one end of which is a live coal: or a thick stick upon which fire is taken [by kindling one end]: and a piece (قَبْسَةٌ, K, or قِطْعَةٌ, Har p. 471) of fire: or a portion of fire-wood that remains after flaming: and a live coal: or a flaming live coal: or جِذْوَةٌ مِنَ النَّارِ means a piece of live coal; so in the language of all the Arabs: pl. [of the first] جِذًى and [of the second] جُذًى and جَذًى and جِذَآءٌ, which is held by ISd to be a pl. of the third.
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