Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اختطف

Root: خطف

Form: 8

Full Definition

اختطفVIII ; and its variations خَطَّفَ and خِطِّفَ; and يِخِطِّفُ and يَخِطِّفُ, variations of its Present.T: see 1, in seven places.
2 كَأَنَّهُ يَخْتَطِفُ فِى مَشْيِهِ عُنُقَهُ, said of a swift camel, means As though he were straining, or stretching, (يَجْتَذِبُ,) in his going along, his neck.

def.2 See also 4.


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