خِيطٌ

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خِيطٌ and خَيْطٌ and خَيْطَى A collection, or flock, of ostriches, and a swarm of locusts, and a is sometimes of [wild] bulls or cows: pl. [of pauc.] أَخْيَاطٌ and [of mult.] خِيطَانٌ: which last, as also خَيْطَانٌ , signifies likewise a company of men. [خِيطٌ may perhaps be originally خُيْطٌ, pl. of خَيْطَآءُ, q. v.]

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