قتب

قَتَبٌ ذ A small رَحْل [or camel's saddle ], (S, O,) or a small [ camel's saddle such as is called اـِكَاف, (ISd, K,) of a size corresponding to the hump: (S, ISd, O, K:) or [ a sort of pack-saddle for a camel; i. e.] the اـِكَاف that is put upon such beasts [or camels ] as transport burdens: (A:) or [simply] i. q. اـِكَافٌ; as also ↓ قِتْبٌ; but the former is the more common: (K:) or the ↓ قِتْب is only what belongs to the سَانِيَة [meaning as expl. in the next preceding paragraph], (As, TA,) or to the camel that draws water (لِلْبَعِيرِ السَّانِى); (JK;) and the اـِكَاف belongs to the ass, or is common to the ass and the mule and the camel: (TA:) the قَنَب belongs to the camel: (Msb:) the word thus applied is sometimes fem., though more commonly masc.: and its dim. is ↓ قُتَيْبَةٌ: (TA:) the pl. is أَقْتَابٌ, (Sb, A, Msb, K, TA,) only, (Sb, TA.) It is said in a trad. that the woman on the occasion of her bringing forth used to be seated upon a قَتَب, in order that her parturition might be more easy. (O.) ― -b2- هُوَ قَنَبٌ يَعَضُّ بِالغَارِبِ (tropical:) [lit. He is a saddle that pinches the fore part of the hump ] and قَتَبٌ مِلْحَاحٌ (tropical:) [ a pinching, galling, saddle ] are said of an importunate person. (A.) -A2- See also قِتْبٌ.