Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَخَّاذٌ

Root: اخذ

Full Definition

أَخَّاذٌ One who takes eagerly, or greedily: whence the saying, مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا أَخَّاذٌ نَبَّاذٌ Thou art none other than one who taketh a thing eagerly, or greedily, and then throweth it away quickly.


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