قَدْح

qadoHN * and ↓ qaAdiHN , [the former, in the CK, in this case, erroneously, with fet-h to the d ,] A canker, or corrosion, incident in trees and in teeth: (L, K:) [the former is originally an inf. n.: and] each, in the sense here expl., an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates: (L:) [they are therefore more properly to be expl. as meaning a thing that cankers, or corrodes: and ↓ the latter signifies also rottenness, decay, corruption, or unsoundness: (L:) and blackness that appears in the teeth: (S:) and a crack, or fissure, in wood, or in a stick, or rod; (S, L, K;) and so the former word. (K.) ― -b2- A_borapu AlqadoHi : see miqodaHN .

qidoHN * An arrow, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) [i. e.] the pared wood, or rod, of an arrow, (Mgh,) before it has been furnished with feathers and a head: (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.:) or an arrow when straightened, and fit to be feathered and headed: (T, voce bariY~N , q. v.:) or a rod that has attained the desired state of growth, and been pruned, and cut according to the required length for an arrow: (AHn:) and [particularly] such as is used in the game called Almayosir : (S, L:) pl. qidaAHN , (S, A, Mgh, L, K,) a pl. of mult., (TA,) and [of pauc., and accord. to the L of qidoHN in the last of the senses expl. above,] A^aqoduHu (S, L, K) and A^aqodaAHN (L, TA) and A^aqaAdiyHu , (S, L, K,) which last is a pl. pl. [i. e. pl. of A^aqodaAHN ]. (L.) [One says, in speaking of the arrows used in the game called Daraba biAlqidaAHi Almayosir , and Daraba AlqidaAHa : and in speaking of the two arrows used in practising sortilege, Daraba biAlqidoHayoni : see art. Drb , p. 1778, col. iii.] SadaqaniY wasoma qidoHihi (tropical:) He told me truly what was the brand of his gaming- arrow ] is a prov.; meaning he told me the truth: (A, * TA:) so says AZ: (TA:) or it means he told me what was in his mind: the wsm of the qdH is the mark that denotes its share [of the slaughtered camel]; and the sign is sometimes made by means of fire. (Meyd.) And they say, A^aboSiro wasoma qidoHika (tropical:) [ See, or look at, the brand of thy gaming- arrow ]; (TA;) which is [also] a prov.; (A;) meaning know thyself. (A, TA.) And qidoHu A@boni muqobilK (assumed tropical:) [ The gaming- arrow of Ibn-Mukbil, which seems to have been one remarkable for frequent good luck,] is a proverbial expression relating to goodness of effect. (TA.)

qadaHN * [ A drinking-cup or bowl; ] a certain vessel (Msb, K) for drinking, (S, Mgh,) well known, (Msb,) large enough to satisfy the thirst of two men: (A 'Obeyd, K:) or a small one and a large one: (K:) [in the K voce EulobapN , it is applied to a vessel used for milking, sometimes made of camel's skin and sometimes of wood: it was used for drinking and for milking: ] pl. A^aqodaAHN . (S, Mgh, Msb, K.) It is said in a trad., laA tajoEaluwniY kaqadaHi Alr~akibi [ Make not ye me to be like the drinkingcup of the rider on a camel ]; meaning, make not ye me to be last in being mentioned; because the rider on a camel suspends his qdH on the hinder part of his saddle when he is finishing the puttingon of his apparatus, (Mgh, TA,) placing it behind him. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A certain measure of capacity, in Egypt, containing two hundred and thirty-two daraAhim . (Es-Suyootee in his “ Husn el-Mohádarah. ” See A_irodab~N , in art. rdb .)