جِذْوَةٌ

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