خَاتَ
1.
, (S, A, K,) aorist يَخُوتُ, verbal noun خَوْتٌ (S, TA) and خَوَاتَةٌ; (TA;) and
اختات, (S, K,) and
انخات; (K;) He (a hawk, or falcon, S, K, and an eagle, A, TA) pounced down, or made a stoop, upon the prey, or quarry, (S, A, K,) to take it, or seize it, (S,) making a sound to be heard with his wings. (TA.) And خَاتَتِ العُقَابُ, aorist تَخُوتُ, verbal noun خَوَاتٌ, The eagle made a sound by the motion of its wings [in pouncing down]. (S.)
2.
Also خات, (K,) verbal noun خَوْتٌ, (TA,) He (for instance an eagle, TA) seized, or snatched away, (K, TA,) a thing; (TA;) and so
تخوّت, (IAar, K,) and
اختات. (TA in article خيت [where this last is said to belong to the present article].) You say of the hawk, الطَّيْرَ
اختات
He seized, or snatched away, the birds: (TA in article خيت:) and of the wolf, الشَّاةَ
اختات (Fr, S, TA) He seized, or snatched away, the sheep or goat; (TA in article خيت;) or he stole away the sheep or goat by stratagem. (Fr, S, K.)
3.
خات مَالَهُ
He (a man) lessened, or diminished, his property; or took from it by little and little; synonym تَنَقَّصَهُ; (K;) as also مَالَهُ
تخوّت, (S, K,) and تخوّفهُ: (S:) and خَاتَهُ مَالَهُ, aorist يَخُوتُهُ and يَخِيتُهُ, [he lessened, or diminished, to him his property; or did so by taking from it by little and little;] both signify the same. (K in article خيت.)
4.
And خات
He (a man, TA) lessened, diminished, or impaired, his provision of corn or food (مِيرَتَهُ); or made it defective, or deficient. (K.)
5.
خات, (aorist as above, Msb,) also signifies He (a man) broke his promise: (IAar, S, Msb, K:) and broke, or dissolved, his compact, contract, or covenant. (K.)