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خطف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

خَيْطَفٌ خيطف , (K,) or ↓ خَطِيفٌ, (S, [so in my copies,]) (assumed tropical:) A quick, or swift, camel; (S, K, TA;) as though he strained, or stretched, his neck, in going along: (S: [see 8:]) and the former, (assumed tropical:) a camel of the [ excellent and swift ] kind called مَهَارِىّ: pl. خَيَاطِفُ. (TA.) ― -b2- خَيْطَفٌ, (TA,) or ↓ خَطَفَى, (JK,) [as meaning (assumed tropical:) Quick, ] is also applied to [the pace termed] عَنَقٌ; (JK, TA;) and so ↓ خَيْطَفَى. (JK.) ― -b3- See also خَطَفَى.

Derived headwords

خَيْطَفٌ
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