Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

8 اـِخْتَطَبَ see 1, in two places. ― -b2- اِخْتَطَبُوهُ They invited him to marry a woman of their family: (S, Msb, K:) or they invited him to ask, or demand, in marriage, a woman of their family. (AZ, * A. [See also 4.])

خَطْبٌ خطب خطبة (tropical:) A thing, an affair, or a business, (A, K, MF,) small or great, (K,) that one seeks, or desires, to do, (A,) syn. أَمْرٌ مَخْطُوبٌ, (Ham p. 33,) or that is, or may be, a subject of discourse: this is the primary signification: (MF:) or a great thing or affair: or a thing, or an affair, that is disliked; not one that is liked: or that is liked also: (Ham p.127:) or the cause, or occasion, of a thing or an event: (JK, S:) or an affliction; a calamity: (Msb:) [often used in this last sense in the present day:] and a state, or condition: (TA:) pl. خُطُوبٌ; (A, Msb, K;) for which خُطُب is used in a verse below. (TA.) You say, مَاخَطْبُكَ (tropical:) What is the thing, or affair, or business, that thou seekest, or desirest, to do? (A:) or what is thy cause [of coming &c.]? (S.) خَطْبٌ يَسِيرٌ and جَلِيلٌ (tropical:) [ A little, or an unimportant, and a great, or an important, thing or affair ]. (A.) And هُوَ يُقَاسِى خُطُوبَ الدَّهْرِ (tropical:) [ He endures, or he contends, or struggles, with, or against, the afflictions, or calamities, of fortune ]. (A.) El-Akhtal says, كَلَمْعِ أَيْدِى مَثَاكِيلَ مُسَلِّبَةٍ يَنْدُبْنَ ضَرْسَ بَنَاتِ الدَّهْرِ وَالخُطُبِ (assumed tropical:) [ Like the wavings of the hands of mothers bereft of many children, in mourning on account of them, bewailing the biting cruelty of the daughters of misfortune and afflictions ] : using الخُطُبِ for الخُطُوبِ. (L.)

خُطْبٌ خطب خطبة : see the next paragraph, in two places.

خِطْبٌ خطب خطبة A man who asks, or demands, a woman in marriage; (S, A, * K; *) as also ↓ خُطْبٌ (MF) and ↓ خَاطِبٌ (A, Msb, K) and ↓ خِطِّيبٌ: pl. of the first أَخْطَابٌ, (K,) and of the second خُطَّابٌ, (A,) and of the last خِطِّيبُونَ. (K.) You say, هُوَخِطْبُهَا [and ↓ خَاطِبُهَا] and ↓ خِطِّيبُهَا He is her asker, or demander, in marriage. (K, * TA.) It was a custom, in the Time of Ignorance, for a man to stand up and to say خِطْبٌ, (A, K, *) and ↓ خُطْبٌ, (K,) meaning I am an asker, or demander, in marriage; (MF;) and he who desired to give to him in marriage would reply نِكْحٌ, (A, K, *) and نُكْحٌ, (K,) [meaning I am “ a giver in marriage, ”] and thus marriage was effected: there was a woman among them, called Umm-Khárijeh, and the man who asked her in marriage used to stand at the door of her tent, and say, خِطْبٌ; and she used to reply, نِكْحٌ; (S, * TA;) and hence the prov, أَسْرَعُ مِنْ نِكَاحِ أُمِّ خَارِجَةَ [Quicker than the marriage of Umm-Khárijeh]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A woman asked, or demanded, in marriage; (S, A, * K; *) and so ↓ خِطْبَةٌ (S, K) and ↓ خُطْبَةٌ (Kr, K) and ↓ خِطِّيبَةٌ (A, K) and ↓ خِطِّيبَى [which is also an inf. n.: see 1] : (K:) or this last signifies a woman often asked, or demanded, in marriage. (JK.) You say, هِىَ خِطْبُهُ and ↓ خِطْبَتُهُ (S, K) &c. (K) She is the person asked, or demanded, in marriage by him. (S, K. *)

خُطْبَةٌ خطب خطبه خطبة , a word of the measure فُعْلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ, like نُسْخَةٌ in the sense of مَنْسُوخَةٌ, and غُرْفَةٌ مِنَ المَاآءِ in the sense of مَغْرُوفَةٌ; meaning An exhortation or admonition [ recited by a خَطِيب] : (Msb:) a form of words, a discourse, a sermon, a speech, an oration, or a harangue, which the خَطِيب recites on the pulpit: (K, * TA:) [in the noon-service of the congregational mosque on Friday, the خطيب recites two forms of words, each of which is thus termed: the former chiefly consists of expressions of praise to God, blessings on Mohammad and his family and companions, and exhortation to the congregation; and is termed خُطْبَةُ الوَعْظِ: the latter, of praise to God, exhortation, blessings on Mo- hammad and his family and companions, and prayer for the Muslims in general, and especially for the Sovereign; and is termed خُطْبَةُ النَّعْتِ: (see my “ Modern Egyptians, ” ch. iii.:)] or, [accord. to its original signification,] with the [Pagan] Arabs, a discourse, a speech, an oration, or a harangue, [generally applied to one delivered in public, ] in rhyming prose; and the like: (Aboo-Is-hák, K:) or the old Arabian خُطْبَة, in the Pagan and the early Muslim ages, was, in most instances, not in rhyming prose; and the term “ prose, ” as here used, does not exclude what contains poetry introduced by way of testimony and the like: (MF:) or [ a tract, or small treatise or discourse, ] like a رِسَالَة, which [ is complete in itself, or, in other words,] has a beginning and an end: (T, TA:) the pl. is خُطَبٌ: (Msb:) and ↓ مَخَاطِبُ, occurring in the following words of a trad., مِنْ أَهْلِ المَحَاشِدِ وَالمَخَاطِبِ, meaning of those who congregate, and harangue people, exciting them to go forth and assemble for seditious purposes, is said to be used in the same sense as خُطَب, and to be a pl. [of خُطْبَةٌ], contr. to rule, like مَشَابِهُ [pl. of شَبَهٌ] and مَلَامِحُ [pl. of لَمْحَةٌ]: or it is pl. of ↓ مَخْطَبَةٌ, which is syn. with خُطْبَةٌ: (TA:) or it [is pl. of ↓ مَخْطَبٌ, and] signifies places of haranguing. (L in art. حشد.) You say, خُطْبَةً حَسَنَةً ↓ خَطَبَ الخَطِيبُ [ The خطيب recited a beautiful خطبة]. (A.) -A2- See also خِطْبٌ -A3- Also A turbid, or dusky, colour, (K,) or a colour inclining to turbidness or duskiness, (TA,) mixed with yellowish red; (K, TA;) like the colour of wheat before it dries, and that of some wild asses: (TA:) and a green [app. here meaning a dark, or an ashy, dust- ] colour: (TA:) or a dust-colour suffused with خُضْرَة: [or a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour: see أَخْطَبُ:] (A, K:) or خُضْرَة mixed with black. (TA.) ― -b2- The saying, البَيِّنُ الخُطْبَةِ ↓ أَنْتَ الأَخْطَبُ, which might be imagined to ascribe to the person addressed perspicuity, or eloquence, in his خُطْبَة, really means Thou art [ the asinine; ] he who bears evidence of الحِمَارِيَّة [i. e. asinineness ]. (A.)

خِطْبَةٌ خطب خطبه خطبة an inf. n. of خَطَبَ المَرْأَةَ: (S, A, K:) or a simple subst. (Msb.) -A2- See also خِطْبٌ, in two places.

خُطْبَانٌ خطبان , and خُطْبَانَةٌ: see أَخْطَبُ, in four places. ― -b2- The former is also the name of A certain plant, (K,) of the most bitter of herbs, (TA,) resembling the هِلْيَوْن [or asparagus ], (K,) or like the tails of serpents, with thin extremities resembling [ in colour ] the violet, or blacker; the part next below being green; and the part next below that, to the roots, white: whence the saying, أَمَرُّ مِنَ الخُطْبَانِ [ More bitter than the خطبان]; in which خطبان has been erroneously said to be pl. of أَخْطَبُ, like as سُودَانٌ is pl. of أَسْوَدُ (TA.)

خِطْبَانٌ خطبان : see أَخْطَبُ

أَوْرَقُ خُطْبَانِى ٌّ ذ [ Of a dusky colour, inclining to black, in a great degree; or very dusky ]: the latter word is added to give intensiveness to the signification. (K.)

خَطِيبٌّ خطيب [ A speaker; generally a public speaker; an orator; a preacher; ] a reciter of a خُطْبَة, (A, Msb, TA,) [and particularly] on the pulpit; (TA;) i. q. ↓ خَاطِبٌ [in these senses; but the latter is generally used in another sense, explained above, voce خِطْبٌ]: (S, TA:) or one who recites a خُطْبَة well; (K, TA;) [ a good speaker or orator: ] pl. خُطَبَاآءُ. (Msb, TA.) See خُطْبَةٌ. You say also, هُوَ خَطِيبُ القَوْمِ, meaning He is the speaker for the people or party. (Msb.)

خِطَابَةٌ خاطب خاطبة خطاب خطابه خطابة The office of a خَطِيب of a mosque. (TA.)

خَطَّابٌ خاطب خاطبة خطاب A man practised in, or accustomed to, the asking, or demanding, women in marriage. (K, * Msb, TA.)

خِطِّيبٌ خطيب : see خِطْبٌ, in two places.

خِطِّيبَةٌ خطيب خطيبه خطيبة : see خِطْبٌ.

خِطِّيبَى خطيب خطيبى خطيبي خطيبيي : see خِطْبٌ.

خَاطِبٌ خاطب : see خِطْبٌ, in two places: ― -b2- and see also خَطِيبٌ.

أَخْطَبُ ذ Of the colour termed خُطْبَةٌ. (K.) ― -b2- An ass, (S, A, K,) i. e. a wild ass, (TA,) of a colour tinged with خُضْرَة [here meaning a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour ]: (S, K:) or of a dustcolour suffused with خُضْرَة: (A:) or having a black line, or stripe, along the middle of the back: (Fr, S, K:) fem. خَطْبَاآءُ, applied to a she-ass; (Fr, S;) and likewise to a she-camel. (S, A.) ― -b3- See also خُطْبَةٌ. ― -b4- حَمَامَةٌ خَطْبَاآءُ القَمِيصِ [ A pigeon of the colour termed خُطْبَةٌ]. (A.) ― -b5- يَدٌ خَطْبَاآءُ, (K,) and أَنَامِلُ خُطْبٌ, (TA, [خُطْبٌ being the pl.,]) [ A hand, and fingers' ends, ] of which the darkness of the dye imparted by حِنَّاآء has faded: (K, TA:) and in like manner the epithet [أَخْطَبُ] is sometimes applied to the hair. (TA.) One says also اِمْرَأَةٌ خَطْبَاآءُ الشَّفَتَيْنِ [ A woman pale in the lips; whose lips have lost their deep red hue ]. (A.) ― -b6- حَنْظَلٌ أَخْطَبُ, (K,) or ↓ خُطْبَانٌ, (S,) Colocynths that are yellow, (S,) with green stripes: (S, K:) fem. (applied to a single colocynth, which is termed حَنْظَلَةٌ, TA) خَطْبَاآءُ, with which ↓ خُطْبَانَةٌ is syn.: the pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of this last [or pl. of أَخْطَبُ] is ↓ خُطْبَانٌ, and ↓ خِطْبَانٌ, which is extr. [with respect to rule]. (K.) And ↓ خُطْبَانٌ (a pl. of أَخْطَبُ, JK) also signifies Green leaves of the سَمُر. (JK, K.) ― -b7- الأَخْطَبُ The [ bird called ] شَقِرَّاق; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) called in Persian, accord. to a marginal note in a copy of the S, كَاسْكِينَةْ: (TA:) or the [ bird called ] صُرَد; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) because it has a mixture of black and white. (TA.) ― -b8- And The صَقْر [or hawk ]. (K.) ― -b9- And A certain creeping thing (دُوَيْبَّة) of a green colour, longer than the locust, having six legs; called in Persian شش Pايه, and سبوشكنك. (Mgh.)

أَخْطَبَانُ ذ a [proper] name of A certain bird; (K, TA;) so called because of a خُطْبَة, i. e. خُضْرَة, in its wings. (TA.)

مَخْطَبٌ مخطب : see خُطْبَةٌ.

مَخْطَبَةٌ مخطبه مخطبة : see خُطْبَةٌ.

مَخَاطِبُ مخاطب : see خُطْبَةٌ.

1 خَطَرَ بِذَنَبِهِ ذ , (S, A, Mgh, K, TA,) aor. خَطِرَ , [in the CK, erroneously, خَطُرَ ,] inf. n. خَطْرٌ and خَطَرَانٌ (S, Mgh, K) and خَطِيرٌ, (JK, K,) He (a camel, S, Mgh, or a stallion [camel], A, K) raised his tail time after time, and struck his thighs with it: (S:) or lashed with it to the right and left: (K:) or moved about his tail: (A, * Mgh, TA:) the stallion does so in threatening, through pride; (T, TA;) or in fighting with others, as though threatening; (A;) or by reason of emaciation occasioned by severe drought; or by reason of sprightliness: but a she-camel, to inform the stallion that she has become pregnant. (TA.) You say also, غَطَرَ بذنبه, aor. خَطِرَ : the غ being a substitute for the خ: (TA:) or each form may be original; but the latter is the less used. (IJ, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] خَطَرَ بِرْمْحِهِ, (A, * K,) and بِسَيْفِهِ, (K,) and بِقَضِيبِهِ, and بِسَوْطِهِ, (TA,) inf. n. خَطَرَانٌ, (K,) (tropical:) He moved his spear up and down, and his sword, (K, TA,) and his rod, and his whip. (TA.) A man does so with the spear when he walks between the two [opposing] ranks. (A.) ― -b3- And خَطَرَ بِيَدِهِ فِى مَشْيِهِ (tropical:) [ He moved his arm up and down in his walking ]. (A.) And خَطَرَ فِى مِشْيَتِهِ, (K,) aor. خَطِرَ , (TA,) inf. n. خَطَرَانٌ (K) and خَطِيرٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He moved his arms up and down in his mode of walking, (K, TA,) inclining his body from side to side at the same time. (TA.) And خَطَرَ, aor. خَطِرَ , (TA,) inf. n. خَطَرَانٌ, (S,) (assumed tropical:) He (a man) shook himself in walking; (S;) and walked with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side. (S, TA.) الجُنْدُ يَخْطِرُونَ حَوْلَ قَائِدِهِمْ (assumed tropical:) [ The troops strut around their leader ] is said when they show their energy to their leader; and in like manner, when they assemble and equip themselves in war. (TA.) ― -b4- And خَطَرَ, aor. خَطِرَ , inf. n. خَطْرٌ, (assumed tropical:) He (a man) raised his arm, or hand, with a stone which he lifted for the purpose of trying his strength, to cast, or throw, and shook the stone in lifting it. (TA.) ― -b5- And خَطَرَ بِاـِصْبَعِهِ اـِلَى السَّمَاآءِ (tropical:) He moved his finger, [or raised it towards the sky, ] in supplication. (A.) [This one does in the ordinary prayers, in uttering the profession of belief in the unity of God; raising the first finger only (of the right hand, which is placed on the thigh, while sitting on the left foot), and not the hand itself.] ― -b6- And خَطَرَ, (S, K,) aor. خَطِرَ , inf. n. خَطَرَانٌ, (S,) (assumed tropical:) It (a spear) quivered, vibrated, or shook: (S, K:) or moved up and down previously to a thrusting with it. (S.) ― -b7- خَطَرَ بِبَالِى, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and عَلَى بَالِى, (JK, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. خَطُرَ (S, ISd, IKtt, Mgh, K) and خَطِرَ , (ISd, IKtt, K,) inf. n. خُطُورٌ, (JK, S, Mgh, K,) or خَطَرٌ, (Msb,) and خَطَرَانٌ, (JK,) or this last is a mistranscription, (Mgh,) (tropical:) It bestirred itself in my mind: (A: [see خَاطِرٌ:]) or it moved my mind: (Msb:) or it occurred to my mind [absolutely, or] after I had forgotten it. (K.) ― -b8- خَطَرَ الشَّيْطَانُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ قَلْبِهِ (assumed tropical:) The devil put vain suggestions into his mind. (TA.) خَطَرَ الدَّهْرُ خَطَرَانَهُ, (S,) or مِنْ خَطَرَانِهِ, (TA,) (tropical:) [ Fortune, or time, produced, or brought to pass, its events, or among its events such and such things]: a phrase like ضَربَ الدَّهْرُ ضَرَبَانَهُ, (S,) or مِنْ ضَرَبَانِهِ. (T, A. [See art. ضرب.]) -A2- خَطُرَ, aor. خَطُرَ , (S, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. خُطُورَةٌ, (S, K,) or خَطَرٌ, (Msb,) (tropical:) He (a man, S &c.) was, or became, eminent, noble, or of high rank, (Msb, K,) or characterized by rank or station. (S, A.) And خَطَرَ, [or this is probably a mistranscription for خَطُرَ,] aor. خَطُرَ , inf. n. خَطَرٌ and خُطُورٌ, [or, more probably, خُطُورَةٌ,] (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, great in estimation, rank, or dignity, after having been little in respect thereof. (TA.)

2 خطّر خطر , inf. n. تَخْطِيرٌ, (assumed tropical:) He took, got, or won, a bet, wager, or stake. (L in art. ندب, and TA.)

3 خاطر بِنَفْسِهِ خاطر بنفسه خاطر بنفسة , (S, A, Msb, K,) and بِقَوْمِهِ, (A,) inf. n. مُخَاطَرَةٌ; (TK;) and بقومه ↓ اخطر; (A;) He placed himself at the point of, or near to, destruction; perilled, imperilled, endangered, jeoparded, hazarded, or risked, himself; (S, A;) and his people or party: (A:) or خاطر بنفسه signifies he did that in which fear predominated: (Msb:) or he caused himself to be on the brink of destruction or of attaining dominion. (K.) And خاطر بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ He threw himself and his property into destruction. (TA.) And ↓ اخطر لَهُ كَذَا He hazarded, or risked, to him such a thing. (L.) [See also 4, below.] ― -b2- خاظرهُ عَلَى كَذَا, (S, A,) or عَلَى مَالٍ, (Msb,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He laid a bet, wager, or stake, with him, (S, * A, Msb,) for such a thing, (S, A,) or for property. (Msb.) [See, again, 4.]

4 اخطرهُ ا@للّٰهُ بِبَالِى ذ , (S, K,) [and عَلَى بَالِى, (see 1,)] (tropical:) God caused it [ to bestir itself in my mind: or to move my mind: or] to occur to my mind after I had forgotten it. (K.) -A2- See also 3, in two places. ― -b2- اخطرالمَالَ, (S, K, &c.,) inf. n. اـِخْطَارٌ, (Msb,) (tropical:) He made the property a stake (S, A, Msb, K) between the parties betting. (S, Msb, K.) And أَخْطَرَ لِى وَأَخْطَرْتُ لَهُ (tropical:) [ He laid me a bet and I laid him a bet; ] we laid bets, wagers, or stakes, one to another. (K. [See also 3.]) And اخطر المَوْتَ نَفْسَهُ (tropical:) He made his soul a stake to death [by exposing it to be taken by death, like as a stake is taken by one of two parties who have betted]. (TA.) And اخطر [alone] (tropical:) He made himself, or his soul, a stake to his adversary, and sallied forth against him. (K.) ― -b3- أَخْطَرَهُمْ خَطَرًا and اخطر لَهُمْ خَطَرًا (assumed tropical:) He gave them liberally, or freely, a lot, portion, or share, or a compensation, such as contented them. (TA.) ― -b4- اخطرهُ He (God) made him to be characterized by rank, or station. (A.) ― -b5- اخطر فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا (assumed tropical:) Such a one became like in rank, or station, to such a one. (K.) And أُخْطِرْتُ لِفُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) I was made like to such a one in rank, or station. (Lth, TA.) And أُخْطِرَ بِهِ He was made equal. (TA. [See أُنْظِرَ بِهِ.])

6 تَخَاطَرَتِ الفُحُولُ بِأَذْنَابِهَا ذ [ The stallions of the camels lashed with their tails ] previously to their attacking one another. (A.) -A2- تخاطروا (tropical:) They laid bets, wagers, or stakes, one with another, (K, TA,) عَلَى أَمْرٍ for a thing. (TA.) And تخاطرا عَلَيْهِ (tropical:) They two laid bets, wagers, or stakes, for it. (A.)

خَطْرٌ خطر : see خِطْرٌ: -A2- and خَطَرٌ, in two places: -A3- and خَاطِرٌ.

خِطْرٌ خطر A large number of camels: (S, K:) or forty: (K:) or two hundred; (AHát, K;) and the like of sheep or goats: (TA:) or a thousand thereof: (K:) and more: (TA:) and ↓ خَطْرٌ signifies the same: (K:) pl. أَخْطَارٌ. (S, K.) -A2- A certain plant, with which one dyes or tinges, himself or his hair, (S, K,) its leaves being put into black dye: (TA:) it resembles the plant called كَتَم, with which it often grows; and old men dye their hair with it: (AHn:) or [the plant called ] وَسْمَة: (K:) [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة. (AHn, K.) ― -b2- Hence, (S,) (tropical:) Milk mixed with much water: (S, K, TA:) as though it were tinged [with the plant so called]. (TA.) ― -b3- And A branch (K) of a tree: pl. خِطَرَةٌ, which is extr.; or as though the ة were imagined to be elided. (TA.)

خَطَرٌ خطر The being at the point of, or near to, destruction; (JK, S, A, Msb, K;) [ imminent danger; peril; jeopardy; risk; hazard; ] and fear of perishing: (Msb:) pl. أَخْطَارٌ. (A.) You say, هُوَ عَلَى خَطَرٍ عَظِيمٍ He is [ in a state of great peril, or] on the brink of destruction. (A.) And رَكْبُوا الأَخْطَارَ [ They embarked in perilous undertakings; or braved perils ]. (A.) [And أَمْرُ لَهُ خَطَرٌ and ذُو خَطَرٍ A perilous affair or event or case: and hence, a momentous, or an important, affair or event or case; an affair, or event,. or a case, of moment or importance or magnitude: see also خَطِيرٌ.] And خَطَرٌ [alone] signifies A thing, or an affair, &c., of great magnitude: and a trial, or an affliction: pl. as above. (Har p. 264.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A bet, wager, stake, or thing wagered; a thing staked at a shooting-match or a race, and taken by the winner: (T, S, * A, * Mgh, * Msb, * K, * TA:) [accord. to the TA, this is the primary signification; but accord. to the A, it is tropical:] pl. as above; (Msb;) or خِطَارٌ; and pl. pl. خُطُرٌ: (K: [but in some copies of the K, the last is written أَخْطَارٌ; and so in the TA, where it is added that some say it is pl. of خَطَرٌ, like as أَسْبَابٌ is of سَبَبٌ, and أَنْدَابٌ of نَدَبٌ:]) خَطَرٌ and سَبَقٌ and نَدَبٌ all signify the same. (TA.) You say, وَضَعُوا خَطَرًا (tropical:) [ They laid a bet ]. (A.) And أَحْرَزَ فُلَانٌ الخَطَرَ (tropical:) [ Such a one won the bet ]. (A.) ― -b3- Hence, [app. as being likened to a stake won,] (TA,) (tropical:) Eminence; nobility; as also ↓ خَطْرٌ: (K, TA:) in which sense it has become so much used as to be, in this acceptation, conventionally regarded as proper: (TA:) also excellence: (TA:) and (as also ↓ خَطْرٌ, TA) rank; degree of dignity; station; of a man: (S, A, K, TA:) and highness of rank or account or estimation: and wealth: (TA:) pl. أَخْطَارٌ: (A:) accord. to some, it is only used to signify high rank: but accord. to others, you say, اـِنَّهُ لَعَظِيمُ الخَطَرِ (tropical:) [ Verily he is of great dignity ] with respect to his good actions and his nobility, and صَغِيرُ الخَطَرِ (tropical:) [ of little rank ] with respect to his evil actions and his ignobleness. (TA.) Also (assumed tropical:) A lot, or portion, or share. (TA.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) A compensation. (TA.) -A2- (assumed tropical:) A like, or fellow, (S, K,) in rank or station, (S,) or in eminence; (K;) as also ↓خَطِيرٌ. (S, K.) You say, هٰذَا خَطَرٌ لِهٰذَا, and ↓خَطِيرٌ, (assumed tropical:) This is like to that. (S.) And الجَنَّةُ لَا خَطَرَ لَهَا (assumed tropical:) Paradise has not its like. (TA.) And ↓فُلَانٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ خَطِيرٌ (assumed tropical:) Such a one has not his like or fellow. (TA.) -A3- Also [an inf. n. of خَطَرَ in the phrase خَطَرَ بِبَالِى and عَلَى بَالِى, accord. to the Msb And hence,] (assumed tropical:) A vain suggestion of the devil. (JK.) [See خَاطِرٌ.]

خَطِرٌ خطر : see خَاطِرٌ.

خَطْرَةٌ خطر خطره خطرة [inf. n. of un. of خَطَرَ: and hence,] (assumed tropical:) A going away; and walking with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side. (Har p. 35.) ― -b2- See also خَاطِرٌ. ― -b3- مَا لَقِيتُهُ اـِلَا خَطْرَةً (tropical:) [ I met him not save ] sometime; (A;) or sometimes. (K.) And مَا ذَكَرْتُهُ اـِلَّا خَطْرَةً بَعْدَ خَطْرَةٍ (tropical:) [ I remembered not, or mentioned not, him, or it, save sometime after sometime; i. e., save ] sometimes. (A.) ― -b4- أَصَابَتْهُ خَطْرَةٌ مِنَ الجِنِّ (assumed tropical:) A touch, or stroke, from the jinn, or genii, befell him; or madness, or insanity, [ proceeding ] from the jinn; syn. مَسٌّ. (K, * TA.) ― -b5- بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُ خَطْرَةُ رَحِمٍ (IAar, TA) app. means (assumed tropical:) Between me and him is a tie of relationship. (TA.) ― -b6- رَعَيْنَا خَطَرَاتِ الوَسْمِىِّ (assumed tropical:) We pastured [our beasts] upon the patches of herbage produced by the [ rain called ] وسمىّ. (K, * TA.) ― -b7- خَطْرَةٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) A small quantity [or shower ] of rain: pl. خِطَارٌ (JK) [and probably خَطَرَاتٌ also]. ― -b8- And one says, ↓لَا جَعَلَهَا ا@للّٰهُ خَطْرَتَهُ وَلَا جَعَلَهَا اآخِرَ مَخْطَرٍ مِنْهُ [app. referring to rain, and meaning (assumed tropical:) May God not make it to be the only shower, or fall, thereof, or the only time thereof; nor make it to be the last time thereof ]; (TA;) اآخِرَ مَخْطَرٍ meaning اآخِرَ عَهْدٍ. (K, * TA.)

خطار خطار : see what next follows.

خَطِيرٌ خطير The falling of a camel's tail between the parts above his thighs, when he moves it about; [see 1, first sentence;] as also ↓خطار. (TA: in which the latter is written without any syll. signs.) -A2- A camel's nose-rein; (S, K;) a nose-rein by which a she-camel is led: (Kr:) a rope: (Sh, K:) these, says Meyd, are one and the same thing. (TA.) It is related in a trad. of 'Alee that he said to [ a mistake for “ respecting ”] 'Ammár, جُرُّوا لَهُ الخَطِيرَ مَا ا@نْجَرَّ لَكُمْ [ Pull ye his noserein as long as it will be pulled by you ]: or, as some relate the saying, مَا جَرَّهُ لَكُمْ [ as long as he pulls it to you ]: meaning follow him as long as there is ground for doing so: or, accord. to some, as Sh says, act patiently towards 'Ammar as long as he acts patiently towards you: Meyd mentions it as a proverb. (TA.) -A3- (tropical:) Eminent; noble; of high rank: (Msb, K, TA:) characterized by rank or station: (S, A:) pl. خُطْرٌ (K) and خَطِيرُونَ. (A.) And (assumed tropical:) Anything excellent. (TA.) You say أَمْرٌ خَطِيرٌ (assumed tropical:) A thing, or an affair, of high account or estimation. (TA.) ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) Ignoble; of low rank; (AZ, TA;) contemptible. (AZ, Msb.) ― -b3- See also خَطَرٌ, in three places.

خَطَّارٌ خطار [is probably applied to a he-camel in a sense like that of the fem., here following]. خَطَّارَةٌ, applied to a she-camel, That lashes with the tail to the right and left: (K:) or that moves about her tail, when going, in a brisk, or sprightly, manner: (A:) or that raises her tail, in going along, by reason of briskness, and exceeding sprightliness. (Har p. 557.) [See 1, first sentence.] ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) A spear that quivers, vibrates, or shakes: (S, A, K:) or that does so much: and in like manner, a man. (TA.) And خَطَّارٌ بِالرُّمْحِ (tropical:) A man who thrusts much with the spear. (S, K, TA.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) A man who raises his arm, or hand, (K, TA,) with a stone which he lifts for the purpose of trying his strength, (TA,) to cast, or throw, (K, TA,) and who shakes the stone in lifting it. (TA.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) A sling. (K.) (assumed tropical:) The [ engine of war called ] مَنْجَنِيق; (K;) as also ↓ خَطَّارَةٌ: its casting being likened to the action termed خَطَرَانٌ [inf. n. of 1, q. v.], of the stallion-camel. (TA.) ― -b5- الخَطَّارُ (assumed tropical:) The lion: (K:) because of his proud walk, and self-admiration: or because of his shaking himself in his walk. (TA.) ― -b6- مِسْكٌ خَطَّارٌ (tropical:) Musk that diffuses much odour or fragrance. (A.)

خَطَّارَةٌ خطار خطاره خطارة : see the next preceding paragraph.

خَاطِرٌ خاطر [part. n. of 1, q. v.:] (tropical:) Walking with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side; (K;) as also ↓ خَطِرٌ, (K, TA,) or ↓ خَطْرٌ. (So in the CK and in a MS. copy of the K.) -A2- (tropical:) An opinion, or an idea, or object of thought, bestirring itself in the mind; (A and Kull p. 179;) i. q. هَاجِسُ, (M, K,) i. e. a thing coming at random into the mind: (S in art. هجس:) or a cogitation which bestirs itself, or occurs, (يَخْطُرُ,) in the mind, with a view to the end, issue, or result, of a thing: (Msb:) pl. خَوَاطِرُ: (A, K:) [and ↓ خَطْرَةٌ signifies the same; for] خَطَرَاتٌ [which is its pl.] is syn. with خَوَاطِرُ; (A;) [whence the phrase,] خَطَرَاتُ الشَّيَاطِينِ (assumed tropical:) The vain suggestions of the devils. (S and TA in art. همز, &c.) [See also خَطَرٌ, last sentence] ― -b2- Hence it is applied to (assumed tropical:) The mind itself. (Kull p. 179.)

مَخْطَرٌ مخطر : see خَطْرَةٌ.

بَادِيَةٌ مُخْطِرَةٌ بادية مخطره بادية مخطرة (assumed tropical:) [ A perilous, or dangerous, desert; ] as though it made the traveller a stake between safety and perdition. (Msb.)

مُخَاطِرٌ مخاطر [act. part. n. of 3, q. v.:] (assumed tropical:) One who contends with another in shooting or casting [app. for a wager ]. (JK, TA.)

1 خَطِفَهُ خطف خطفه خطفة , aor. خَطَفَ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. خَطْفٌ; (S, TA;) this is the approved form of the verb; (T, S;) and خَطَفَهُ, aor. خَطِفَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. as above; (Msb;) a form of the verb mentioned by Akh, (S,) but this is rare, (S, K,) or (K) bad, (S, K,) scarcely, or not at all, known; (S;) and ↓ اختطفهُ, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) and ↓ تخطّفهُ; (S Msb, TA;) He seized it; or took it, or carried it off, by force: (S, K:) or he did so quickly; snatched it away: (Mgh, Msb, TA:) and ↓ خطّف has been said to imply repetition of the action [unless it be a variation of اختطف as in a case mentioned below]; but this is strange, and not known on any other authority than that of the “ Akáneem et-Taaleem ” by El-Khuweiyee, a disciple of El-Fakhr Er-Rázee. (MF, TA.) Hence, in the Kur [xxix. 67], النَّاسُ ↓ وَيُتَخَطَّفُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْ [ And men are carried off by force from around them ]. (TA.) ― -b2- [And hence,] هٰذَا سَيْفٌ يَخْطَفُ الرَّأْسَ (tropical:) [ This is a sword that will strike off the head ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And خَطِفَ البَصَرَ and خَطَفَهُ, said of lightning, (K,) and of a ray of light, and of a [glistening] sword, and of any polished body, (TA,) (tropical:) It took away the sight: (K, TA:) and ↓اُخْتُطِفَ بَصَرُهُ (tropical:) His sight was suddenly taken away. (M and K in art. ملس.) It is said in the Kur [ii. 19], يَكَادُ البَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ (tropical:) [ The lightning almost taketh away their sight, lit. sights ]: (TA:) Yoo read يَخْطِفُ ابصارهم; (S, TA;) and so did Aboo-Rejà and Mujáhid: and some read ↓يِخِطِّفُ, and ↓يَخَطِّفُ, originally يَخْتَطِفُ, accord. to the opinion of the Basrees, disputed by Fr, but confirmed by Zj. (TA.) ― -b4- And خَطِفَ السَّمْعَ, (K,) aor. خَطَفَ , (S,) said of a devil, (tropical:) He stole [ an opportunity of ] hearing [ the speech of the angels, from the confines of the lowest Heaven; or snatched it ]; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓اختطفهُ: (K:) the two verbs being like نَزَعَهُ and اِنْتَزَعَهُ. (Sb, TA.) Hence, in the Kur [xxxvii. 10], ↓اـِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الخَطْفَةَ (tropical:) Except him who steals the [ opportunity of ] hearing: (TA:) or who snatches unawares and by stealth, (Bd,) or hears and snatches, (Jel,) the speech of the angels: (Bd, Jel:) EL-Hasan read الّا من الخطفة ↓خَطَّفَ, originally ا@خْتَطَفَ: (S, TA:) and another reading, ascribed to him and others, is ↓خِطِّفَ; but this is very weak. (TA.) ― -b5- خَطِفَ, aor. خَطَفَ ; and خَطَفَ, aor. خَطِفَ ; inf. n. خَطَفَانٌ; (K;) thus in all the copies of the K, but correctly خَطْفٌ, as in the L; (TA;) said of a camel, (assumed tropical:) He went along quickly. (K, TA.) And مَرَّ يَخْطَفُ خَطْفًا مُنْكَرًا (assumed tropical:) He went along at a quick rate [ such as was deemed strange, or disapproved ]. (TA.) And خَطِفَتِ السَّفِينَةُ, and خَطَفَت, (assumed tropical:) The ship sailed, or voyaged: you say, خَطِفَتِ اليَوْمَ مِنْ عُمَانَ (assumed tropical:) She sailed,. or voyaged, to-day, from 'Omán. (TA.)

2 خَطَّفَ see 1, first sentence.

4 اخطف بِالأَمْرِ ذ He said, Seize thou this [ thing ], O man; or take it, or carry it off, by force; or snatch it away. (Sgh.) -A2- أَخْطَفَ لِى مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ سَكَتَ, inf. n. اـِخْطَافٌ, (assumed tropical:) He cut short somewhat of his discourse, or narrative, which he had begun to me, on some other thing's occurring to his mind, and was silent. (TA.) ― -b2- أَخْطَفَتْهُ الحُمَّى, (Lh, O, TA,) or أَخْطَفَتْ عَنْهُ, (JK,) or ― -b3- اِخْتَطَفَتْهُ, (K,) (assumed tropical:) The fever left him, or quitted him. (Lh, JK, O, K.) ― -b4- اخطفهُ المَوْتُ (assumed tropical:) [ Death missed him by a little; ] he escaped death by a little. (JK.) And اخطف الرَّمِيَّةَ (assumed tropical:) He missed the animal at which he shot or cast, (JK, S, K,) nearly hitting it: (JK:) and in like manner, الشَّىْءَ the thing. (Ibn-Buzurj, TA.) And He captured, or caught, the animal at which he shot or cast; expl. by اـِذَا كَانَ يَصِيدُهَا [perhaps a mistranscription for يُصِيبُهَا, and, if so, meaning he hit ]. (JK.) And اخطف said of an arrow, (assumed tropical:) [ It missed: or it fell upon the ground, and then glided along upon the ground to the butt, or object of aim: (see خَاطِفٌ:) and] it went straight. (TA.) ― -b5- اخطف said of a man, (assumed tropical:) He became affected with a slight sickness, and then speedily recovered. (TA.) ― -b6- أِخْطَافُ الحَشَا i. q. اِنْطِوَاآؤُهُ [meaning (assumed tropical:) The state of being lean, or lank, in the belly: see مُخْطَفٌ]. (S, TA.) الأِخْطَافُ in horses is a fault: it is (assumed tropical:) The contr. of الاِنْتِفَاخُ: AHeyth says that it is, in horses, (assumed tropical:) smallness of the جَوْف [here meaning the belly, or abdomen ]. (TA.)

5 تَخَطَّفَ see 1, in two places.

6 تخاطفوا الكُرَةَ بَيْنَهُمْ تخاطفوا الكرة بينهم [ They contended together in snatching away the ball ] with the goffsticks. (K * and TA in art. جحف.)

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.

خُطْفٌ خطف (assumed tropical:) A slight disease; as also ↓ خَطْفَةٌ. (JK.) ― -b2- مَا مِنْ مَرَضٍ اـِلَّا وَلَهُ خُطْفٌ (assumed tropical:) There is no disease but there is for it a cure. (JK, K.) ― -b3- خُطْفٌ and ↓ خُطُفٌ (assumed tropical:) Leanness; or lankness of the belly: and (assumed tropical:) lightness of the flesh of the side. (TA)

خُطُفٌ خطف : see what next precedes. ― -b2- بِهِ خُطُفٌ (assumed tropical:) In him (namely, a man, JK) is madness, or diabolical possession; (JK, TA;) as also ↓ خُطَّفٌ: but this latter may be either a pl., like ضُرَّبٌ [pl. of ضَارِبٌ], or a sing. (TA.)

خَطْفَةٌ خطف خطفه خطفة A single act of seizing; or, of taking, or carrying off, by force: (TA:) or, of doing so quickly; of snatching away. (Mgh, Msb, TA.) Hence, [in a trad.,] accord. to one reading, نَهَى عَنْ كُلِّ ذِى خَطْفَةٍ, meaning He prohibited the prey of whatever snatches away the prey, and goes away with it, not withholding it for its owner: or, as some say, what snatches away with its talon, or claw: but the reading commonly known is, نَهَى عَنِ الخَطْفَةِ: (Mgh:) and الخَطْفَةُ signifies what the wolf, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) or the like, (Msb,) snatches away, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) of the limbs, or members, of a living sheep or goat, (Mgh, TA,) or of a living animal; (Msb;) or what the dog snatches away from the limbs, or members, of the animal of the chase, of flesh &c., while the animal is alive: (Mgh, TA:) or the limb, or member, which the beast or bird of prey seizes, or carries off by force, or which a man cuts off, from the beast that is alive: (K, TA:) for whatever is separated from the living animal, (Mgh, TA,) of flesh or fat, (TA,) is carrion, (Mgh, TA,) unlawful to be eaten: the prohibition originated from the Prophet's finding, when he came to El-Medeeneh, that the people loved and ate the humps of camels and the tails of sheep: (TA:) the reading الخَطَفَة, of the measure فَعَلَة, with fet-h to the medial radical letter, as pl. of خَاطِفٌ, is a mistake. (Mgh.) ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) A single suck of a small quantity of milk quickly taken by a child from the breast. (TA.) ― -b3- For its meaning in the Kur xxxvii. 10, see 1. ― -b4- See also خُطْفٌ.

خَطَفَى خطف خطفى خطفي (assumed tropical:) Quickness in pace or going, (S, K,) of a camel, as though he were straining, or stretching, his neck, in going along; (S; [see 8;]) as also ↓ خَيْطَفَى, (K,) and ↓ خَيْطَفٌ. (JK, TA.) ― -b2- See also the last of these words below.

خَطِيفٌ خطيف : see خَيْطَفٌ.