خَطْف
snatching away
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خ-ط-ف
The Arabic root خ-ط-ف (kh-t-f)
Form I verb خَطِفَ: to seize
9 words in the dictionary are built from خ-ط-ف, including verbs in Forms I, IV, V, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
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Verb · Form I
خَطِفَ
to seize
Noun
خَطْف
snatching away
Noun
اِخْتِطَاف
kidnapping
Noun
خُطَّاف
hook
Adjective
خَطَّاف
voracious
Noun
خَطَّاف
predator
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
خَطِفَ
· present يَخْطَفُ
Form I · The plain action
to seize, to grab; to make off with; to abduct, to kidnap
خَاطِف
مَخْطُوف
أَخْطَفَ
· present يُخْطِفُ
Form IV · Causative
to seize, to take, to carry off by force; to miss (when shooting at prey)
إِخْطَاف
مُخْطِف
مُخْطَف
تَخَطَّفَ
· present يَتَخَطَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to do away with; to sweep; to take away
تَخَطُّف
مُتَخَطِّف
مُتَخَطَّف
اِخْتَطَفَ
· present يَخْتَطِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to snatch; to kidnap
اِخْتِطَاف
kidnapping
مُخْتَطِف
مُخْتَطَف
Other nouns and adjectives
خُطَّاف
hook
خَطَّاف
voracious
خَطَّاف
predator
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