إِتْبٌ

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إِتْبٌ and مِئْتَبَةٌ A بَقِير, or بَقِيرَة, i. e., (S, M, [but in the K what here follows is given as a meaning distinct from that of بقيرة,]) a بُرْد [q. v.], or piece of cloth, which is slit in the middle, and worn by a woman, who throws it upon her neck, [putting her head through the slit;] having neither an opening at the bosom (a جَيْب), nor sleeves: and a woman's shift: and, or accord. to some, a garment that is short, reaching half-way down the shank: or [a garment like] drawers, or trousers, without legs; i. q. نُقْبَهٌ: or a shirt without sleeves, (S voce بَقِيرٌ, M, K,) worn by women: the first explanation alone is given in most lexicons: some say that it is different from the إِزَار; that it has no band like that of drawers or trousers, and is not sewed together after the manner of drawers or trousers, but is a shirt of which the two sides are not sewed together: or i. q. عِلْقَةٌ and صِدَارٌ and شَوْذَرٌ; all signifying one and the same thing: pl. [of pauc.] آتَابٌ (M, K [in the CK and a MS. copy of the K written اَتابٌ]) [originally أَأْتَابٌ which is mentioned as one of the pls. by MF] and آتُبٌ [originally أَأْتُبٌ which is also mentioned as one of the pls. by MF] and by transposition أَتْؤُبٌ, and [of mult.] أُتُوبٌ, or إِتَابٌ, or both.
2 [Hence,] إتْبٌ also signifies The husk of barley.

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