عط1 عَطَّ الثَّوْبَ, (S, O, K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. عَطٌّ, (S, O,) He slit, or rent, the garment, or piece of cloth, lengthwise, (Lth, S, O, K,) or breadthwise, without separation, (Lth, O, K,) but not heard by Mtr as meaning breadthwise in chaste language; (Har p. 636;) like ↓ عطّطهُ; (K;) or this, of which the inf. n. is تَعْطِيطٌ (S, O, TA) and تَعْطَاطٌ also, (TA,) is with teshdeed to denote muchness [of the action], or multiplicity [of the objects]: (S, O, * TA:) and الثَّوْبَ ↓ اعتطّ signifies [the same, or simply] he slit, or rent, the garment, or piece of cloth. (TA.) El-Mufaddal is related to have said that he had read in a copy of the Kur-án, [in xii. 28,] فَلَمَّا رَأَى قَمِيصَهُ عُطَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ[And when he saw that his shirt was rent in the hinder part]. (O, K. *) 2 عَطَّّ see the preceding paragraph.5 تَعَطَّّ see what next follows.7 انعطّ It (a garment, or piece of cloth,) became slit, or rent, (S, O, K,) lengthwise, or [accord. to some] breadthwise, without separation; as also ↓ تعطّط: (K:) or the latter signifies تَشَقَّقَ [as meaning it became slit, or rent, &c., much, or in several, or many, places; or is like the former verb but said of several, or many, garments, &c.]. (O.) b2:  Also, said of a stick, or branch, or the like, It bent without breaking so as to part asunder. (Az, O, K.) 8 إِعْتَطَ3َ see 1. b2:  [Hence,] one says, اعتطّ أَوَائِلَ القَوْمِ (tropical:)  He clave the foremost persons of the people, or party. (TA.) عُطُطٌ [Wrappers of the kind called] مَلَاحِف [pl. of مِلْحَفَةٌ] slit, or rent; or slit, or rent, much, or in many places. (IAar, O, K.) عَطِيطٌ A garment, or piece of cloth, slit, or rent, [lengthwise, or, accord. to some, breadthwise, without separation;] as also ↓ مَعْطُوطٌ. (TA.) مَعَطٌّ [A place of slitting or rending &c.]. One  says فَتْقٌ وَاسِعُ المَعَطِّ [A rent of which the place of slitting is wide]. (TA.) مَعْطُوطٌ: see عَطِيطٌ.