قُوت

Food, aliment, nutriment, victuals, or provisions, by means of which the body of man is sustained; (S, A, * O, K; *) as also قِيتٌ and قِيتَةٌ, (S, O, K,) as used in phrases here following, (S, O,) with kesr to the ق, and the و changed into ى, (S,) and قَايءِتٌ and قُوَاتٌ, (K,) the last mentioned, but not explained, by Lh, and thought by ISd to be from قُوتٌ: (TA:) what is eaten for the purpose of retaining the remains of life; (A, * O, * Msb, TA; *) thus explained by Az and IF: (Msb:) or food sufficient to sustain life: (TA:) plural أَقْوَاتٌ. (Msb, TA.) One says, مَا عِنْدَهُ قُوتُ لَيْلَةٍ and لَيْلَةٍ قِيتُ and لَيْلَةٍ قِيتَةُ (S, O, TA) He has not a night's food sufficient to sustain life. (TA.) And جَدُّ امْرِيءٍ فِى قَايءِتِهِ, a prov., meaning A man's lot in life is manifest in his food. (Meyd.)