عَمِيتَةٌ

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 article; (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 plural [of pauc.] is أَعْمِتَةٌ and [of mult.] عُمُتٌ [and coll. gen. n., improperly called a plural,] ↓ عَمِيتٌ; (K;) or, according to ISd, أَعْمِتَةٌ is plural of عَمِيتٌ, which is plural of عَمِيتَةٌ; (TA;) and عَمَايءِتُ is a plural of this last. (AHeyth, TA.)