Jastrow: קִיטָּי

קִיטָּי, קִטָּי f. (קָטָה) a curtain or sheet consisting of patches pieced together, rug. Tosef. Neg. V, 10 (Var. ed. Zuck. חיטי), v. פְּסִיפָּס; Neg. XI, 7 קיְיטָא (fr. קוּט; Ar. קִטָּה).—Pl. קִיטָּאוֹת, קִיטָּיוֹת, קִטָּ׳. Y. Erub. VIII, end, 25ᵇ שלטון … ותלו לו קט׳ a governor came to Sepphoris, and they suspended rugs in his honor (connecting the columns of a colonnade; cmp. Bab. Erub. 86ᵇ). Y. Succ. I, 52ᵇ bot. תלה בה קי׳ (not תולה) if one suspends rugs in the Succah (corresp. to סדין, Mish. ib. I, 3). Pesik. Shor, p. 74ᵃ עמודים … מכורכין בק׳ marble columns (statuary) wrapped in sheets; Tanḥ. Emor, ed. Bub. 8; Tanḥ. ed. 6 בקניות (corr. acc.); v. טַפִּיטָּא. Y’lamd. to Num. XV, 37, quot. in Ar. ק׳ של בוץ וכ׳ byssus curtains, purple curtains. Ib. פרט לפרסין ולק׳ excepting (from show fringes) curtains and sheets. Lev. R. s. 5 (ref. to Am. VI, 4) אלו ק׳ משופעות וכ׳ that means the overhanging rugs which each of them had (on their couches).