قدح

مِقْدَحٌ ذ [ A couching-needle; called thus, and ↓ اـِبْرَةُ القَدْحِ, in the present day. ― -b2- Also], (K, and so in some copies of the S,) and ↓ مِقْدَحَةٌ, (A, TA, and so in other copies of the S,) and ↓ مِقْدَاحٌ, and ↓ قَدَّاحٌ, (K,) The thing (S, A, K) of iron (A, K) with which one strikes fire. (S, A, K.) ― -b3- And the first, A ladle; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ مِقْدَحَةٌ. (A.) ↓ سَتَأْتِيكَ بِمَا فِى قَعْرَهَا المِقْدَحَةُ [ The ladle will bring to thee what is in the bottom thereof ] is a prov., meaning, that to which thou art blind will become apparent, or manifest, to thee. (A.)