زَنْدٌ
1.
[A piece of stick, or wood, for producing fire;;] the upper one of the two pieces of stick, or wood, (عُودَانِ, S, M, L, K, or خَشَبَتَانِ, L,) with which fire is produced [in a manner described below]; (S, M, L, K;) of the masculine gender; (Msb;) [or masculine and feminine: (see مِيقَادٌ, in article وقد:)] and
زَنْدَةٌ is the appellation of the lower one thereof, (S, M, L, K,) in which is the notch, or hollow, (فُرْضَة, M, L, or فَرْض, A in article فرض,) or in which is a hole (ثَقْب, S), [whence the fire is produced;] and this is feminine: (S, M:) one end of the
زَنْد
is put into the
فَرْض
of the
زَنْدَة, and the
زَنْد
is then [rapidly] twirled round, in producing fire: (A in article فرض:) [the best kind of زَنْد is made of عَفَار; and the best kind of
زَنْدَة, of مَرْخ: (see these two words:)] the dual زَنْدَانِ is applied to the two together; (S, M, L;) [and so, very often, is the singular زَنْدٌ:] one should not say زَنْدَتَانِ; (S, M, L, K;) for it is a well-known rule that predominance is to be attributed to the masculine: (MF:) the plural [of mult.] is
زِنَادٌ, (S, M, Mgh, L, Msb, K,) which is also synonym with زَنْدٌ, (Kr, L,) and زُنُودٌ (L) and [of pauc.] أَزْنُدٌ and أَزْنَادٌ, (S, M, L, K,) the last anomalous [according to general opinion because the medial radical is not an infirm letter]; (TA;) and plural plural أَزَانِدُ. (L.) Hence one says, إِنَّهُ لَوَارِى الزَّنْدِ, (TA,) or وَارِى
الزِّنَادِ, (A,) (tropical:) [lit. He is one whose
زَنْد
produces fire, or whose
زِنَاد
produce fire,] alluding to generosity and other commended qualities [of the person to whom it is applied]. (TA.) And وَرَتْ
بِكَ زِنَادِى (tropical:) [lit. My
زناد
have, or has, produced fire by thy means], (S, A, K,) said by thee to one who has aided, or assisted, thee. (S, K.) And أَنَا مُقْتَدِحٌ بِزَنْدِكَ وَكُلُّ خَيْرٍ عِنْدِى مِنْ عِنْدِكَ (tropical:) [lit. I am one who produces fire by means of thy
زند, and all the good in my possession is from thee]. (A.) [Hence also,] لَا يَرُدُّ بُكَاىَ زَنْدًا (assumed tropical:) [My weeping will not bring as a return for it so much as a
زند; i. e. it will not avail aught]. (Ham p. 83.) And زَنْدَانِ فِى مُرَقَّعَةٍ: see article رقع. And زَنْدَانِ فِى وِعَاءٍ (assumed tropical:) [Two pieces of stick, or wood, for producing fire, in a bag or the like]: a prov. denoting lowness, ignobleness, meanness, or weakness; and applied to two weak persons together. (Meyd.) And لَيْسَ فِى جَفِيرِهِ غَيْرُ زَنْدَيْنِ: see article جفر.
2.
Hence, (A,) (tropical:) Each of the two bones of the fore arm; [the radius and the ulna;] (A, Mgh, L;) one of which is more slender than the other: the extremity of the زند next the thumb is called كُوعٌ, and that of the زند next the little finger is called كُرْسُوعٌ: the رُسْغ [or wrist] is the place of junction of the زَنْدَانِ, and the part where the hand of the thief is cut off: (L:) in this sense masculine; but improperly made feminine: (Mgh:) the two bones above mentioned are called the زَنْدَانِ as being likened to the زندان with which fire is produced. (A, Mgh. *) And in some one or more of the dialects, الأَعْلَى مِنْ الزَّنْدَيْنِ is The
سَاعِد [q. v.]; and الأَسْفَلُ مِنَ الزَّنْدَينِ, the
ذِرَاع [q. v.]. (L and TA in article سعد.) [Also] The part of the fore arm which is divested of flesh: of the masculine gender: plural زُنُودٌ. (Msb.) And (L) The part where the extremity of the fore arm joins to the hand [on the side of the thumb and also on the side of the little finger, as is shown by what follows]: there are two parts called together زَنْدَانِ; (S, L, K;) the كُوع and the كُرْسُوع. (S, L.)
3.
Also A certain thorny tree. (K.)