اخطف بِالأَمْرِ
1.
He said, Seize thou this [thing], O man; or take it, or carry it off, by force; or snatch it away. (Sgh.)
2.
أَخْطَفَ لِى مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ
شَيْيءًا ثُمَّ سَكَتَ, verbal noun إِخْطَافٌ, (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.)
5.
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; explained by إِذَا 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.)
6.
اخطف said of a man, (assumed tropical:) He became affected with a slight sickness, and then speedily recovered. (TA.)
7.
أِخْطَافُ الحَشَا
i. q.
اِنْطِوَاوءُهُ [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 opposite of
الاِنْتِفَاخُ: AHeyth says that it is, in horses, (assumed tropical:) smallness of the
جَوْف [here meaning the belly, or abdomen]. (TA.)