خَطَبَ

, (S, K,) or خَطَبَ خُطْبَةً, (A,) aorist خَطُبَ , (TA,) verbal noun خُطْبَةٌ, (S, K,) or this, according to some, is a subst. used as a verbal noun, (TA,) and خَطَابَةٌ, (K,) said of a خَطِيب (A) or خَاطِب, (K,) [He recited a خُطْبَة (q. v. infrà),] عَلَى المِنْبَرِ [upon the pulpit]; (S, K;) as also ↓اختطب. (S.) And خَطَبَ القَوْمَ, (Msb,) and عَلَى القَوْمِ, (Th, Msb,) aorist خَطُبَ , (Msb,) verbal noun خُطْبَةٌ, (Th, Msb,) [He recited a خُطْبَة to the people, and over the people, i. e. on the pulpit, beneath which they sat: or] he delivered an exhortation, or admonition, to the people. (Msb.)

خَطَبَ المَرْأَةَ, (S, A, * Msb, K,) aorist as above, (TA,) verbal noun خِطْبَةٌ, (S, A, K) or this is a simple subst., (Msb,) and خَطْبٌ (Lh, K) and خِطِّيبَى; (T, S, * K;) and ↓اختطبها; (S, K;) He asked, or demanded, the woman in marriage. (Msb.) In the following verse of 'Adee Ibn-Zeyd, respecting Jedheemeh El-Abrash, and his asking in marriage Ez-Zebbà,

لِخِطِّيبَى الَّتِى غَدَرَتْ وَخَانَتْ

وَهُنَّ ذَوَاتُ غَايءِلَةٍ لُحِينَا

[For the asking in marriage of her who acted perfidiously and treacherously: for they (i. e. women) are possessed of secret malevolence: may they be disgraced and accursed:] خطّيبى is synonym with خِطْبَة: (S:) according to Lth, it is a simple subst.; but AM says that he is in error, and that it is a verbal noun (TA.) You say also, خَطَبَ المَرْأَةَ إِلَى القَوْمِ He asked, or demanded, the woman in marriage, of the people. (Msb.) And خَطَبَ إِلَى فُلَانٍ [He asked, or demanded, a woman in marriage, of such a one]. (TA.) And خَطَبَ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ He asked, or demanded, a woman in marriage, when another had done so, and she had inclined to the latter, and he and she had agreed to a certain dowry, and had approved each other, and nothing remained but to conclude the contract; the doing of which is forbidden: but it is not forbidden to ask in marriage a woman when another has done so if she and the latter have not agreed, nor approved each other, nor has either of them inclined to the other. (TA.)

فُلَانٌ يَخْطُبُ عَمَلَ كَذَا (tropical:) Such a one seeks, or desires, to do such a thing. (A, TA.)

-A2- خَطُبَ, [aorist خَطُبَ ,] verbal noun خَطَابَةٌ, He became a خَطِيب (S.)

-A3- خَطِبَ, aorist خَطَبَ , (JK, K,) verbal noun خَطَبٌ, (S, TA,) He, or it, was, or became, of the colour termed خُطْبَةٌ: (S, * K:) or his, or its, colour was, or became, what is thus termed. (JK.)