أَخْذَةٌ
1.
[verbal noun un. of أَخَذَ, An act of taking, &c.: an act of punishment, or chastisement, or the like; as in the Qur'an, 69:10: plural أَخَذَاتٌ].
2.
أَخَذُوا أَخَذَاتِهِمْ
They took their places of abode. (IAth and L, from a tradition)