أخَذَ
Root: اخذ
Form: 1
Full Definition
أخَذَI
, in the first pers. of which, أَخَذْتُ, [and the like,] the ذ is generally changed into ت, and incorporated into the [augmentative] ت, [but in pronunciation only, for one writes أَخَذتُّ and the like,] Present.T
ـُ imperative خُذْ, originally ٱؤْخُذْ, which latter form sometimes occurs, [but with و in the place of ؤْ when the ا is pronounced with damm,] Verbal.Noun أَخْذٌ and تَأْخَاذٌ, the latter having an intensive signification; and وَخَذَ is a dial. var., as mentioned by Ibn-Umm-Kásim and others on the authority of AHei; (MF in art. تخذ;) He took; he took with his hand; he took hold of; a thing. You say, خُذِ الخِطَامَ and خُذْ بِالخِطَامَ
Take thou, or take thou with thy hand, or take thou hold of, the nose-rein of the camel: the ب in the latter phrase being redundant. [And أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ, lit. He took his hand, or arm; meaning
2 Also, Verbal.Noun أَخْذٌ, He took, or received; contr. of أَعْطَي. [Hence,] أَخَذَ عَنْهُ,
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5 He took a thing to, or for, himself; took possession of it; got, or acquired, it; syn. حَازَ; which, accord. to Z and Er-Rághib and others, is the primary signification; and حَصَّلَ. [See also 8.]
6 [He took and kept;] he retained; he detained: as in the Kur [xii. 78], فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُ [Therefore retain thou one of us in his stead].
7 [He took, as meaning he took away. Hence,] أَخَذَ مِنْهُ السَّيْرُ Journeying, or travel, took from him strength; (القُوَّةَ being understood;) weakened him. And أَخَذَ مِنَ الشَّارِبِ, and مِنَ الشَّعَرِ, He clipped, or cut off from, the mustache, and the hair.
8 He, or it, took by force; or seized:
9 He took captive. So in the Kur [ix. 5], فَٱقْتُلُوا ٱلمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ [Then slay ye the believers in a plurality of gods wherever, or whenever, ye find them, and take them captives].
10 See also 2, in three places.
11 He gained the mastery over a person, and killed, or slew, him; as also : or simply,
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15 [He took, took to, or adopted.] You say, أَخَذَ أَخَذَهُمْ and إِخْذَهُمْ &c.: see أَخْذٌ, below. And أَخَذَ فِى طَرِيقِ كَذَا [He took such a road]: and أَخَذَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ يَسَارِهِ [he took the way by, or on, the right of him, or it, or the left of him, or it]. (S in art. نظر.) [And أَخَذَ بِالحَزْمِ, and فِي الحَزْمِ, (the former the more common, the latter occurring in art. حوط in the K,)
16 He took to, set about, began, or commenced; as in the saying, أَخَذَ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا He took to, set about, began, or commenced, doing such a thing; in which case, accord. to Sb, اخذ is one of those verbs which do not admit of one's putting the act. part. n. in the place of the verb which is its enunciative: [i. e., one may not say فَاعِلًا in the place of يفعل in the phrase above:] and as in أَخَذَ فِى كَذَا He began, commenced, or entered upon, such a thing.
17 [It is used in a variety of other phrases, in which the primary meaning is more or less apparent; and several of these will be found explained with other words occurring therein. The following instances may be here added.]
18 طَرِيقٌ يَأْخُذُ فِى رَمْلَةٍ [A road leading into, or through, a tract of sand]. (K in art. فرز.) And أَخَذَ بِهِمُ الطَّرِيقُ فِى غَيْرِ المَحَجَّةِ [The road lead them otherwise than in the beaten track]. (T * and A in art. بهرج.)
19 مَا أَخَذَتْكَ عَيْنِى مُنْذُ حِينٍ
20 أَخَذْتُ عِنْدَهُ يَدَى, and مَعْروفاً: see 8.
def.2 أَخِذَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun أَخَذٌ, He suffered heaviness of the stomach, and indigestion, from the milk: or became disordered in his belly, and affected with heaviness of the stomach, and indigestion, from taking much milk.
2 He became affected by madness, or demoniacal possession; or by what resembled that.
3 أَخِذَتْ عَيْنُهُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun أَخَذٌ, His eye became affected by inflammation, pain, and swelling, or ophthalmia.
def.3 أَخُذَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun أُخُوذَةٌ, It was, or became, sour. [See آخِذٌ.]
2 Also, Verbal.Noun أَخْذٌ, He took, or received; contr. of أَعْطَي. [Hence,] أَخَذَ عَنْهُ,
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5 He took a thing to, or for, himself; took possession of it; got, or acquired, it; syn. حَازَ; which, accord. to Z and Er-Rághib and others, is the primary signification; and حَصَّلَ. [See also 8.]
6 [He took and kept;] he retained; he detained: as in the Kur [xii. 78], فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُ [Therefore retain thou one of us in his stead].
7 [He took, as meaning he took away. Hence,] أَخَذَ مِنْهُ السَّيْرُ Journeying, or travel, took from him strength; (القُوَّةَ being understood;) weakened him. And أَخَذَ مِنَ الشَّارِبِ, and مِنَ الشَّعَرِ, He clipped, or cut off from, the mustache, and the hair.
8 He, or it, took by force; or seized:
9 He took captive. So in the Kur [ix. 5], فَٱقْتُلُوا ٱلمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ [Then slay ye the believers in a plurality of gods wherever, or whenever, ye find them, and take them captives].
10 See also 2, in three places.
11 He gained the mastery over a person, and killed, or slew, him; as also : or simply,
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15 [He took, took to, or adopted.] You say, أَخَذَ أَخَذَهُمْ and إِخْذَهُمْ &c.: see أَخْذٌ, below. And أَخَذَ فِى طَرِيقِ كَذَا [He took such a road]: and أَخَذَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ يَسَارِهِ [he took the way by, or on, the right of him, or it, or the left of him, or it]. (S in art. نظر.) [And أَخَذَ بِالحَزْمِ, and فِي الحَزْمِ, (the former the more common, the latter occurring in art. حوط in the K,)
16 He took to, set about, began, or commenced; as in the saying, أَخَذَ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا He took to, set about, began, or commenced, doing such a thing; in which case, accord. to Sb, اخذ is one of those verbs which do not admit of one's putting the act. part. n. in the place of the verb which is its enunciative: [i. e., one may not say فَاعِلًا in the place of يفعل in the phrase above:] and as in أَخَذَ فِى كَذَا He began, commenced, or entered upon, such a thing.
17 [It is used in a variety of other phrases, in which the primary meaning is more or less apparent; and several of these will be found explained with other words occurring therein. The following instances may be here added.]
18 طَرِيقٌ يَأْخُذُ فِى رَمْلَةٍ [A road leading into, or through, a tract of sand]. (K in art. فرز.) And أَخَذَ بِهِمُ الطَّرِيقُ فِى غَيْرِ المَحَجَّةِ [The road lead them otherwise than in the beaten track]. (T * and A in art. بهرج.)
19 مَا أَخَذَتْكَ عَيْنِى مُنْذُ حِينٍ
20 أَخَذْتُ عِنْدَهُ يَدَى, and مَعْروفاً: see 8.
def.2 أَخِذَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun أَخَذٌ, He suffered heaviness of the stomach, and indigestion, from the milk: or became disordered in his belly, and affected with heaviness of the stomach, and indigestion, from taking much milk.
2 He became affected by madness, or demoniacal possession; or by what resembled that.
3 أَخِذَتْ عَيْنُهُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun أَخَذٌ, His eye became affected by inflammation, pain, and swelling, or ophthalmia.
def.3 أَخُذَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun أُخُوذَةٌ, It was, or became, sour. [See آخِذٌ.]
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