قدح

قَدْحَةٌ ذ A single act of striking, or producing, fire. (IAth, K, TA.) ― -b2- And hence, (tropical:) An elicitation, by examination, of the real state or nature of a case or an affair. (IAth, TA.) ― -b3- And A single act of lading out broth [&c. with a ladle ]. (L, in so in the CK.) ― -b4- See also what next follows.