خطف

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root خطف (khaṭafa) primarily denotes snatching, seizing, or plucking something quickly. It extends to concepts of swiftness, sudden disappearance, and even specific objects or animals associated with this rapid action.

Derived headwords

خَطَفَverb

1.
to snatchboth
To seize or take something away suddenly and quickly.
2.
to dazzleclassical
Used for lightning dazzling the sight, meaning it takes the sight away momentarily.
3.
to stealclassical
Used for a jinn stealing someone's hearing, meaning to pilfer it.

اِخْتَطَفَverb

1.
to snatch awayboth
To snatch something away forcefully or suddenly.
2.
to be snatchedboth
To be taken away suddenly, often implying being stolen or abducted.

خَاطِفnoun

1.
birdclassical
A type of bird that, upon seeing its reflection in water, approaches to snatch it.

الخَاطِفnoun

1.
wolfclassical
A name for a wolf.

خُطْفَةnoun

1.
limbclassical
A limb or part that a predator snatches or tears off.
2.
piececlassical
A piece cut from a live animal by a human.
3.
nicknameclassical
A nickname for Huzaifah, the grandfather of the poet Jarir.
4.
swiftnessclassical
Speed in walking.

خَيْطَفَىadjective

1.
swift-walkingclassical
Describing a camel that walks swiftly.

خَيْطَفadjective

1.
swift-walkingclassical
Describing a camel that walks swiftly.

خَطَفَاناًnoun

1.
snatchingclassical
The act of snatching, used as a masdar for the verb خطف.

خَاطُوفnoun

1.
snareclassical
A tool resembling a sickle, attached to a hunting rope, used to snatch gazelles.

خَطِيفَةnoun

1.
food dishclassical
A dish made from flour sprinkled with milk, then cooked and eaten with spoons.
2.
black birdclassical
A black bird.
3.
part of a pulleyclassical
A curved iron piece on the sides of a pulley where the axle is placed, or any curved iron piece.
4.
mareclassical
A mare.

خُطَافnoun

1.
pulley hookclassical
A mark or brand resembling the hook of a pulley, used as a brand on a camel.

أَخْطَفadjective

1.
lean-belliedclassical
Describing a person with a lean or shrunken belly.

مَخْطُوفadjective

1.
lean-belliedclassical
Describing a person with a lean or shrunken belly.
2.
brandedclassical
Describing a camel branded with the mark of a pulley hook.
3.
shrunken-belliedclassical
Describing a camel with a shrunken or contracted belly.

مِخْطَفnoun

1.
lean bellyclassical
A shrunken or contracted belly.

خُطْفَةnoun

1.
hillclassical
A hill or elevated ground.
2.
female dogclassical
A female dog.

خَطْفnoun

1.
recoveryclassical
Recovery from illness; it is said that every illness has a 'khitf', meaning a point of recovery.

أَخْطَأَverb

1.
to missclassical
To miss a target when throwing.

Parallel reading

خطف الشيء، كسمع وضرب

He snatched the thing, like in 'sami'a' and 'ḍaraba'.

و البرق البصر: ذهب به

And lightning dazzled the sight: it took it away.

و الشيطان السمع: استرقه، كاختطفه

And the devil stole the hearing: he pilfered it, like snatching it away.

وخاطف ظله: طائر إذا رأى ظله في الماء أقبل إليه ليخطفه

And 'khaṭif ẓilluhu': a bird that, if it sees its shadow in the water, approaches it to snatch it.

والخاطف: الذئب

And 'al-khaṭif': the wolf.

والخطفة: العضو الذي يختطفه السبع، أو يقتطعه الإنسان من البهيمة الحية

And 'al-khuṭfah': the limb that a predator snatches, or a piece a human cuts from a live animal.

وكجمزى: لقب حذيفة جد جرير الشاعر، والسرعة في المشي، كالخيطفى وهو جمل خيطف

And like 'jumzā': a nickname for Huzaifah, the grandfather of the poet Jarir, and swiftness in walking, like 'khayṭafā', which is a swift-walking camel.

وقد خطف، كسمع وضرب، خطفانا

And he walked swiftly, like in 'sami'a' and 'ḍaraba', with 'khuṭfānan'.

والخاطوف: شبه المنجل يشد بحبالة الصيد فيختطف به الظبي

And 'al-khāṭūf': a sickle-like tool attached to a hunting rope, by which a gazelle is snatched.

والخطيفة: دقيق يذر عليه اللبن، ثم يطبخ، فيلعق ويختطف بالملاعق

And 'al-khaṭīfah': flour sprinkled with milk, then cooked, licked, and snatched with spoons.

وكرمان: طائر أسود، وحديدة حجناء في جانبي البكرة فيها المحور، أو كل حديدة حجناء، وفرس

And like 'kurmān': a black bird, and a curved iron piece on the sides of a pulley where the axle is, or any curved iron piece, and a mare.

ورجل أخطف الحشا، ومخطوفه: ضامره

And a man 'akhṭaf al-ḥashā', and his 'makḥūfuhu': lean-bellied.

وجمل مخطوف: وسم سمة خطاف البكرة، ومخطف البطن: منطويه

And a camel 'makḥṭūf': branded with the mark of a pulley hook, and 'mikḥaṭaf al-baṭn': contracted belly.

وكقطام: هضبة، وكلبة

And like 'qiṭām': a hill, and a female dog.

وما من مرض إلا وله خطف، بالضم، أي: يبرأ منه

And there is no illness from which there isn't a 'khuṭf', meaning recovery from it.

واختطفته الحمى: أقلعت عنه

And the fever snatched it away: it ceased from him.

وأخطف الرمية: أخطأها

And he missed the throw: he missed it.