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قَائِتٌ ذ [act. part. n. of قَاتَ; Feeding, &c. ― -b2- And hence, Sufficing]. القَائِتُ مِنَ العَيْشِ means What is sufficient [of the means of subsistence]. (K.) And one says, هُوَ فِى قَائِتٍ مِنَ العَيْشِ He is in a state of sufficiency [in respect of the means of subsistence]. (S. O.) ― -b3- See also قُوتٌ, in two places. -A2- See also 8, former half. ― -b2- القَائِتُ is an appellation of The lion. (O, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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