خِيطٌ

(As, IDrd, S, K) and ↓ خَيْطٌ (IDrd, Msb, K) and ↓ خَيْطَى (S, K) (assumed tropical:) A collection, or flock, of ostriches, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) and a swarm of locusts, (K,) and a ↓ خَيْط is sometimes of [wild] bulls or cows: (L, TA:) plural [of pauc.] أَخْيَاطٌ (IB) and [of mult.] خِيطَانٌ: (K:) ↓ which last, as also ↓ خَيْطَانٌ, signifies likewise a company of men. (TA.) [خِيطٌ may perhaps be originally خُيْطٌ, plural of خَيْطَاءُ, q. v.]