كتب

كَتِيبَةٌ ذ see كِتَابٌ. -A2- An army; a military force: (S, K:) or a collected portion thereof; (Msb;) [ a body of troops; a corps: ] or a troop: or a troop of horse making a hostile attack or incursion, in number from a hundred to a thousand: (K:) pl. كَتَائِبُ. (S.)