קוּמָּט m. (קָמַט) 1) fold, wrinkle, a folded part of the body as arm-pit &c. (cmp. סֵתֶר). Nidd. 42ᵇ שרץ בקוּמְּטוֹ if a person holds a creeping (unclean) thing in a fold of his body. Ib. 43ᵃ; a. e.—Pl. קוּמְּטִים. Tosef. Neg. I, 8 מפשטין את קוּמְּטָיו you must straighten out its creases.—V. קֶמֶט. —2) (cmp. קוּמְצָא II) pit, esp. the pupil of the eye. Treat. Der. Er. Zuṭṭa ch. IX ק׳ שבשחור ירושלם the ‘pit’ in the black of the eye (iris) is typical of Jerusalem; פרצוף שבק׳ וכ׳ the image in the pupil is typical of the Temple.