قِتْبٌ

(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 أَمْعَاء are the أَقْصَاب: (S, O:) قِتْبٌ is of the feminine gender: (Ks, S, O:) and its plural is أَقْتَابٌ: (Ks, S, O, Msb:) or the singular of this plural is قِتْبَةٌ: and the diminutive is قُتَيْبَةٌ. (As, S, O, Msb, K.)

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 [plural of عَلَقٌ q. v.] of the سانية, and the ropes thereof. (S, ISd, O.)

See also the next paragraph, in two places.