اخطف

Form: 4

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اخطفIV He said, Seize thou this [thing], O man; or take it, or carry it off, by force; or snatch it away.

def.2 أَخْطَفَ لِى مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ سَكَتَ, Verbal.Noun إِخْطَافٌ, He cut short somewhat of his discourse, or narrative, which he had begun to me, on some other thing's occurring to his mind, and was silent.
2 أَخْطَفَتْهُ الحُمَّى, or أَخْطَفَتْ عَنْهُ, or
3 اِخْتَطَفَتْهُ, The fever left him, or quitted him.
4 اخطفهُ المَوْتُ [Death missed him by a little;] he escaped death by a little. And اخطف الرَّمِيَّةَ He missed the animal at which he shot or cast, nearly hitting it: and in like manner, الشَّىْءَ the thing. And He captured, or caught, the animal at which he shot or cast; expl. by إِذَا كَانَ يَصِيدُهَا [perhaps a mistranscription for يُصِيبُهَا, and, if so, meaning he hit]. And اخطف said of an arrow, [It missed: or it fell upon the ground, and then glided along upon the ground to the butt, or object of aim: (see خَاطِفٌ:) and] it went straight.
5 اخطف said of a man, He became affected with a slight sickness, and then speedily recovered.
6 أِخْطَافُ الحَشَا i. q. اِنْطِوَآؤُهُ [meaning The state of being lean, or lank, in the belly: see مُخْطَفٌ]. الأِخْطَافُ in horses is a fault: it is The contr. of الاِنْتِفَاخُ: AHeyth says that it is, in horses, smallness of the جَوْف [here meaning the belly, or abdomen].

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