خَاطِفٌ
Root: خطف
Full Definition
2 الخَاطِفُ The wolf; because he seizes, or carries off by force, his prey.
3 خَاطِفُ ظِلِّهِ A certain bird, said by Ibn-Selemeh to be called الرَّفْرَافُ; (S, [so in three copies, not رَقْرَاق as in Freytag's Lex.,] TA;) that sees its shadow, and thinks it to be a bird; or when it sees its shadow in the water, it advances to it to seize it, thinking it to be a prey: [see خَيَالٌ:] it is one of the birds of the deserts, and is [said to be] thus called because of the swiftness with which it pounces down; it is green, or of a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour, (أَخْضَرُ,) in the back; white in the belly; long in the wings, and short in the neck: (Msb in art. لعب:) also called مُلَاعِبُ ظِلِّهِ.
4 بَرْقٌ خَاطِفٌ
5 سَهْمٌ خَاطِفٌ
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