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خطف

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Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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From the root خ ط ف (ḵ-ṭ-f). Cognate with Aramaic חטף (to seize) and Hebrew חָטַף (ḥāṭap̄/chatáf).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xa.tˤi.fa/, /xa.tˤa.fa/

Verb

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خَطِفَ (ḵaṭifa) I (non-past يَخْطَفُ (yaḵṭafu), verbal noun خَطْف (ḵaṭf))
خَطَفَ (ḵaṭafa) I (non-past يَخْطِفُ (yaḵṭifu), verbal noun خَطْف (ḵaṭf))

  1. to seize, to grab
  2. to make off with
  3. to abduct, to kidnap
Conjugation
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Etymology 1.2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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خَطْف (ḵaṭfm

  1. verbal noun of خَطَفَ (ḵaṭafa) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of خَطِفَ (ḵaṭifa) (form I)
  3. snatching away
  4. abduction, robbery
  5. theft
  6. rapaciousness
Declension
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References

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Moroccan Arabic

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Root
خ ط ف
2 terms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic خَطَفَ (ḵaṭafa).

Verb

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خطف (ḵṭaf) I (non-past يخطف (yiḵṭaf), verbal noun خطف (ḵaṭf) or خطيف (ḵṭīf), active participle خاطف (ḵāṭif), passive participle مخطوف (maḵṭūf))

  1. (transitive) to abduct, to kidnap
Conjugation
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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

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From Arabic خَطْف (ḵaṭf).

Noun

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خطف (ḵaṭfm

  1. verbal noun of خطف (ḵṭaf)

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
خ ط ف
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic خَطَفَ (ḵaṭafa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xa.tˤaf/, [ˈxɑ.tˤɑf]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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خطف (ḵaṭaf) I (present بخطف (biḵṭaf))

  1. to kidnap

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of خطف (ḵaṭaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خطفت (ḵaṭaft) خطفت (ḵaṭaft) خطف (ḵaṭaf) خطفنا (ḵaṭafna) خطفتو (ḵaṭaftu) خطفو (ḵaṭafu)
f خطفتي (ḵaṭafti) خطفت (ḵaṭfat)
present m بخطف (baḵṭaf) بتخطف (btiḵṭaf) بخطف (biḵṭaf) منخطف (mniḵṭaf) بتخطفو (btiḵṭafu) بخطفو (biḵṭafu)
f بتخطفي (btiḵṭafi) بتخطف (btiḵṭaf)
subjunctive m أخطف (ʔaḵṭaf) تخطف (tiḵṭaf) يخطف (yiḵṭaf) نخطف (niḵṭaf) تخطفو (tiḵṭafu) يخطفو (yiḵṭafu)
f تخطفي (tiḵṭafi) تخطف (tiḵṭaf)
imperative m اخطف (iḵṭaf) اخطفو (iḵṭafu)
f اخطفي (iḵṭafi)