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خطف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 اختطف أختطف اختطف ٱختطف ; and its variations خَطَّفَ and خِطِّفَ; and يِخِطِّفُ and يَخِطِّفُ, variations of its aor.: see 1, in seven places. ― -b2- 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. (S.) -A2- See also 4.

Derived headwords

اختطفverb
  1. 1.
كَأَنَّهُ يَخْتَطِفُ فِى
مَشْيِهِ عُنُقَهُ