خَتَلَهُ

, (S, M, K, &c.,) aorist خَتِلَ (M, Sgh, K) and خَتُلَ , (M, K,) verbal noun خَتْلٌ and خَتَلَانٌ, (K,) i. q. خَدَعَهُ, or خَادَعَهُ; (so according to different copies of the S;) and ↓ خاتلهُ signifies the same: (S:) or the former, i. q. خَدَعَهُ (Mgh, K, TA) [i. e.] He deceived, deluded, beguiled, circumvented, or outwitted, him, (KL, PS,) unawares: (TA:) and ↓ خاتلهُ, (K,) verbal noun مُخَاتَلَةٌ, (TA,) i. q. خَادَعَهُ [which means the same as خَدَعَهُ; or he practised with him mutual deceit, delusion, &c.; or he strove, endeavoured, or desired, to deceive, delude, beguile, circumvent, or outwit, him]; (K, TA;) and رَاوَغَهُ [which means he endeavoured to turn him, or to entice him to turn, to, or from, a thing, &c.]. (TA.)

خَتْلُ الصَّايءِدِ means The sportsman's going along by little and little, stealthily, lest he should make a sound to be heard. (JM.) And خَتَلَ الصَّيْدَ, (K,) verbal noun خَتْلٌ, (TA,) said of a wolf, He concealed himself to seize the prey. (K.)