اخذ

1 أخَذَ ذ , (S, A, L, &c.,) 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,] aor. اَخُذَ , imperative خُذْ, originally ا@ؤْخُذْ, (S, L,) which latter form sometimes occurs, [but with و in the place of ؤْ when the ا is pronounced with damm,] (TA,) inf. n. أَخْذٌ (S, L, Msb, K, &c.) and تَأْخَاذٌ, (S, L, K,) the latter having an intensive signification; (MF;) 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; (S, A, L, Msb, K;) a thing. (S, L.) 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: (S, L, Msb:) the ب in the latter phrase being redundant. (Msb.) [And أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ, lit. He took his hand, or arm; meaning (assumed tropical:) he aided, or assisted, him: a phrase of frequent occurrence.] And أَخَذَ عَلَىيَدِ فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) He prevented, restrained, or withheld, such a one from doing that which he desired; as though he laid hold upon his hand, or arm: (L:) and أَخَذَ عَلَى يَدِهِ دُونَ مَا يُرِيُدهُ [signifies the same]. (K in art. لغد.) ― -b2- Also, inf. n. أَخْذٌ, He took, or received; contr. of أَعْطَي. (L.) [Hence,] أَخَذَ عَنْهُ, (assumed tropical:) He received from him traditions, and the like. (TA passim.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) [ He took, or derived, or deduced, a word, a phrase, and a meaning.] ― -b4- (tropical:) He took, received, or admitted, willingly, or with approbation; he accepted. (B, MF.) So in the Kur [vii. 198], خُذِ العَفْوَ (tropical:) [ Take thou willingly, or accept thou, superfluous property, or such as is easily spared by others]. (MF.) So too in the same [iii. 75], وَ أَخَذتُّمْ عَلَي ذٰلِكُمْ اـِصْرِى (tropical:) [ And do ye accept my covenant to that effect? ]. (B.) [And in the phrases, أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ بِالعَمَلِ بِمَا فِي التَّوْارَاةِ, (Jel ii. 60,) and عَلَي العَمّلِ بما في التوارة, (Idem ii. 87,) (assumed tropical:) We accepted your covenant to do according to what is in the Book of the Law revealed to Moses. ] خُذْ عَنْكَ [is elliptical, and] means خُذْ مَا أَقُولُ وَدَع عَنْكَ الشَّكَ والمِراآءَ (assumed tropical:) [ Accept thou what I say, and dismiss from thee doubt and obstinate disputation ]. (S, L.) ― -b5- He took a thing to, or for, himself; took possession of it; got, or acquired, it; syn. حَازَ; (Z, Er-Rághib, B;) which, accord. to Z and Er-Rághib and others, is the primary signification; (MF;) and حَصَّلَ. (B.) [See also 8.] ― -b6- [ 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 ]. (B.) ― -b7- [ He took, as meaning he took away. Hence,] أَخَذَ مِنْهُ السَّيْرُ Journeying, or travel, took from him strength; (القُوَّةَ being understood;) weakened him. (Har p. 529.) And أَخَذَ مِنَ الشَّارِبِ, (Mgh,) and مِنَ الشَّعَرِ, (Msb,) He clipped, or cut off from, (Mgh, Msb,) the mustache, (Mgh,) and the hair. (Msb.) ― -b8- He, or it, took by force; or seized: (B:) (assumed tropical:) he, or it, overcame, overpowered, or subdued: said by some to be the primary signification. (MF.) [See also أَخَذَهُ عَلْوَّا, &c., in art. علو: and أَخَذَهُ مِنْ فَوْقُ, &c., in art. فوق.] It is said in the Kur [ii. 256], لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةِ وَ لَا نَوْمٌ (assumed tropical:) Neither drowsiness nor sleep shall seize [or overcome ] Him. (B.) [And you say, أَخَذَتْهُ رِعْدَةٌ (assumed tropical:) A tremour seized, took, affected, or influenced, him. And أَخَذَهُ بَطْنُهُ (assumed tropical:) His belly affected him with a desire to evacuate it. ] You say also, أَخَذَ فِيهِ الشَّرَابُ (assumed tropical:) The wine affected him, or influenced him, so that he became intoxicated. (TA in art. ثمل.) And أَخَذَ الرَّأْسَ (Msb in art. سور, &c.) and أَخَذَ بِالرَّأْسِ (K in art. حمى, &c.) (assumed tropical:) [ It had an overpowering influence upon the head ]; meaning wine. (Msb, K.) And أَخَذَ بِالحَلْقِ [ It (food, &c.) choked ]. (IAar in art. نشب in the TA, and S in art. بشع, &c.) And لَا يَأْخُذُ فِيهِ قَوْلُ قَائِلٍ (assumed tropical:) [ Nothing that any one may say will have any power, or effect, or influence, upon him ]; meaning that he obeyeth no one. (L in art. ليت.) ― -b9- He took captive. (L, Msb, B.) So in the Kur [ix. 5], فَا@قْتُلُوا ا@لمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ [ Then slay ye the believers in a plurality of gods wherever, or whenever, ye find them, and take them captives ]. (Bd, L, B.) ― -b10- See also 2, in three places. ― -b11- He gained the mastery over a person, and killed, or slew, him; (Zj, L;) as also ↓ اآخَذَ: (L:) or simply, (assumed tropical:) he killed, or slew. (B.) It is said in the Kur [xl. 5], وَهَمَّتْ كُّلُ أُمَّةٍ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ, meaning [ And every nation hath purposed against their apostle ] that they might gain the mastery over him, and slay him; (Zj, L;) or (assumed tropical:) that they might slay him. (B.) ― -b12- (assumed tropical:) He (God, Msb) destroyed a person: (Msb, MF:) and (assumed tropical:) extirpated, or exterminated. (MF.) فَأَخَذَهُمُ ا@للّٰهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ [in the Kur iii. 9 and xl. 22] means But God destroyed them for their sins. (Jel.) ― -b13- (tropical:) He punished, or chastised; (L, Msb, B, K, MF;) as also ↓ اآخَذَ: (L, Msb, MF:) as in the phrases, أَخَذَهُ بِذَنْبِهِ (Msb, K *) and بِهِ ↓ اآخَذَهُ, inf. n. of the latter مُؤَاخَذَةٌ, (S, L, Msb, K,) (tropical:) he punished, or chastised, him for his sin, or offence: (Msb:) and أُخِذَ بِذَنْبِهِ means (assumed tropical:) he was restrained and requited and punished for his sin, or offence: (L:) or, accord. to some, أَخَذَ signifies he extirpated, or exterminated; and ↓ اآخذ he punished, or chastised, without extirpating, or exterminating. (MF.) [For ↓ اآخذ,] some say وَاخَذَ, (S, L,) [...]