ريط
رَيْطٌ: see what follows.
رَيْطَةٌ Any [covering for the body such as is called] مُلَآءَة not of two pieces (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) joined together (
Mgh,
TA) by sewing or the like, (
TA,) but a single piece, (
S,
K,) all one web: (
K:) it is said by
Az to be, without exception, white: (
TA:) or it signifies, (
Mgh,
K,) or signifies also, sometimes, (
Msb,) any garment, or piece of cloth, that is thin (
Mgh,
Msb,
K) and soft; (
Mgh,
K;) so says
ISk, on the authority of certain of the Arabs of the desert; (
TA;) as also ↓ رَائِطَةٌ: (
K:) and a napkin with which the hands are wiped after food: (
TA, from a
trad.,
expl. by Sufyán:) [in
Har p. 294,
q. v., it seems to be applied to a kind of woollen cloth used as a turban:]
pl. ↓ رَيْطٌ [or this is rather a
coll. gen. n. of which رَيْطَةٌ is the
n. un.] and رِيَاطٌ. (
S,
Msb,
K.)
b2: You say, خَرَجَ مُشْتَمِلًا بِرَيْطَةِ الظَّلْمَآءِ (
tropical:) [He went forth enveloped with the mantle of darkness]. (
TA.) And هُوَ يَجُرُّ رِيَاطَ الحَمْدِ (
tropical:) [
app. meaning He is prolix in praise]. (
TA.)
b3: The
pl. رِيَاطٌ also signifies (assumed
tropical:) Something resembling the سَرَاب [or mirage] in the desert. (
TA.) رَائِطَةٌ: see above.