أَخْذٌ

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أَخْذٌ Verbal.Noun of أَخَذَ, q. v.
2 A way, or manner, of life; as also إِخْذٌ . You say, ذَهَبَ بَنُو فُلَانٍ وَمَنْ أَخَذَ أَخْذَهُمْ, and , the former of the dial. of Temeem, and the latter of the dial. of El-Hijáz, meaning The sons of such a one went away, or passed away, and those who took to their way of life, and adopted their manners, or dispositions: and مَنْ أَخَذَ أَخْذُهُمْ and , and مَنْ أَخَذَ أَخْذُهُمْ [in the CK اَخْذُهُمْ] and , signify [virtually] the same: or مَنْ أَخَذَهُ أَخْذُهُمْ and signify [properly] مَنْ أَخَذَهُ أَخْذُهُمْ وَسِيرَتُهُمْ [those whom their way of life took, or influenced]. One says also, وَمَا أَخَذَ ٱسْتُعْمِلَ فُلَانٌ عَلَ الشَّامِ, with kesr, meaning [Such a one was appointed prefect over Syria,] and he did not take to that good way of life which it was incumbent on him to adopt: you should not say أَخْذَهُ: or it means and what was adjacent to it: or, accord. to the Wá'ee, one says, in this case, وَمَا أَخَذَ and أَخْذُهُ and , with kesr and fet-h and damm [to the hemzeh, and with the ذ marfooah, as in instances before]. One also says, لَوْ كُنْتَ مِنَّا لَأَخَذتَّ , with kesr to the ا, [in a copy of the S بِأَخْذِنَا, which seems to be also allowable, accord. to the dial. of Temeem,] meaning Wert thou of us, then thou hadst taken to, or wouldst take to, our manners, or dispositions, and fashion, and garb, and way of life. The words of the poet, فَلَوْ كُنْتُمْ مُنَّا أَخَذْنَا بِإِخْذِكُمْ IAar explains as meaning And were ye of us, we had caught and restored to you your camels: but no other says so.
3 نُجُومُ الأَخْذِ The Mansions of the Moon; also called نُجُومُ الأَنْوَآءٌ; (L; [see art. نوء;]) called by the former appellation because the moon every night enters (يَأْخُذُ فِى) one of those mansions: or the stars which are cast at those [devils] who listen by stealth [to the conversations of the angels]: but the former explanation is the more correct.
4 See also إِخَاذْ.

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