ن • خ • ت

, inf. n. نَخْتٌ, He pecked, or picked up, and pulled off, or tore off, and snatched away, with his beak; syn. نَقَرَ and نَتَخَ, (K,) formed by transposition. (TA.) نَخَتَ, [aor. نَخُتَ ,] inf. n. نَخْتٌ, He took a date, or two dates, from a bag or other receptacle for travelling-provisions &c. (K.) نَخَتَ, [aor. نَخُتَ ,] inf. n. نَخْتٌ, He plucked out; syn. نَتَفَ. (IAth, L.) -A2- See 2.

, as also سخّت لَهُ, He went to the utmost length (استقصى) in speaking to such a one. So in the Nawádir. (Az, L.) [Accord. to the K, ↓ نَخَتَ, inf. n. نَخْتٌ.]

A bite of an ant. So in a trad., accord. to one reading: accord. to another reading, it is نَجْبَةُ [q. v.]. (L.)