عمت

عَمِيتَةٌ ذ A portion of wool, (S, * O, * K,) or of the soft hair of the camel, (S, O,) wound in the manner described in the first sentence of this art.; (S, O, K;) like a سَبِيخَة of cotton, and a سَلِيلَة of [goats'] hair, (S, O, TA,) or a فَلِيلَة of [goats'] hair: (ISd, TA:) the pl. [of pauc.] is أَعْمِتَةٌ and [of mult.] عُمُتٌ [and coll. gen. n., improperly called a pl.,] ↓ عَمِيتٌ; (K;) or, accord. to ISd, أَعْمِتَةٌ is pl. of عَمِيتٌ, which is pl. of عَمِيتَةٌ; (TA;) and عَمَائِتُ is a pl. of this last. (AHeyth, TA.)