قتب

قِتْبٌ ذ (Ks, S, O, Msb, K) and ↓ قِتْبَةٌ (As, S, ISd, O, Msb, K) and ↓ قَتَبٌ (TA) i. q. مِعًى [i. e An intestine of those into which the food passes from the stomach ]: (S, O, Msb, K:) or (S, O, K,) as AO says of the first of these words, (S, O,) an intestine of the belly that winds round, or takes a coiled form; (S, O, K;) and such as take this form are [also] called the حَوَايَا; but the أَمْعَاآء are the أَقْصَاب: (S, O:) قِتْبٌ is of the fem. gender: (Ks, S, O:) and its pl. is أَقْتَابٌ: (Ks, S, O, Msb:) or the sing. of this pl. is ↓ قِتْبَةٌ: and the dim. is ↓ قُتَيْبَةٌ. (As, S, O, Msb, K.) -A2- And قِتْبٌ signifies also All the apparatus, or furniture, of the سَانِيَة [i. e. camel, or she-camel, upon which water is drawn ] (S, ISd, O, K;) consisting of the أَعْلَاق [pl. of عَلَقٌ q. v.] of the سانية, and the ropes thereof. (S, ISd, O.) ― -b2- See also the next paragraph, in two places.