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اِخْتَطَفَ

to snatch

VerbForm VIIIRoot خ-ط-ف

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Present tense
يَخْتَطِفُ
Verbal noun
اِخْتِطَاف
Active participle
مُخْتَطِف
Passive participle
مُخْتَطَف

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
خَطِفَ
to seize
Noun
خَطْف
snatching away
Noun
اِخْتِطَاف
kidnapping
Noun
خُطَّاف
hook
Adjective
خَطَّاف
voracious
Noun
خَطَّاف
predator

اِخْتَطَفَ in English

Verb · Form VIII

  1. to snatch
  2. to kidnap
    وأفادت وزارة الداخلية اللبنانية في بيان «تم فجر اليوم تحرير اللبنانيين الثلاثة (…)، بعدما اختطفتهم عصابة» لدى وصولهم إلى بغداد.And the Lebanese Minister of the Interior reported in his statement that “in the dawn of the day there happened the liberation of the three Lebanese, after a gang had kidnapped them” at their arrival at Baghdad.2017 October 29, “السلطات اللبنانية: تحرير ثلاثة مواطنين خطفوا في بغداد”, in Libya Akhbar, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2017

Words from the root خ-ط-ف

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خَطِفَ · present يَخْطَفُ
Form I · The plain action

to seize, to grab; to make off with; to abduct, to kidnap

خَطْف
Verbal noun
snatching away
خَاطِف
Active participle
مَخْطُوف
Passive participle
أَخْطَفَ · present يُخْطِفُ
Form IV · Causative

to seize, to take, to carry off by force; to miss (when shooting at prey)

إِخْطَاف
Verbal noun
مُخْطِف
Active participle
مُخْطَف
Passive participle
تَخَطَّفَ · present يَتَخَطَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to do away with; to sweep; to take away

تَخَطُّف
Verbal noun
مُتَخَطِّف
Active participle
مُتَخَطَّف
Passive participle
اِخْتَطَفَ · present يَخْتَطِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to snatch; to kidnap

اِخْتِطَاف
Verbal noun
kidnapping
مُخْتَطِف
Active participle
مُخْتَطَف
Passive participle
خُطَّاف
Noun · m.
hook
خَطَّاف
Adjective
voracious
خَطَّاف
Noun · m.
predator

اِخْتَطَفَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iاِخْتَطَفْتُأَخْتَطِفُأَخْتَطِفَأَخْتَطِفْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)اِخْتَطَفْتَتَخْتَطِفُتَخْتَطِفَتَخْتَطِفْاِخْتَطِفْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)اِخْتَطَفْتِتَخْتَطِفِينَتَخْتَطِفِيتَخْتَطِفِياِخْتَطِفِي
هُوَ heاِخْتَطَفَيَخْتَطِفُيَخْتَطِفَيَخْتَطِفْ—
هِيَ sheاِخْتَطَفَتْتَخْتَطِفُتَخْتَطِفَتَخْتَطِفْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoاِخْتَطَفْتُمَاتَخْتَطِفَانِتَخْتَطِفَاتَخْتَطِفَااِخْتَطِفَا
هُمَا they two (m.)اِخْتَطَفَايَخْتَطِفَانِيَخْتَطِفَايَخْتَطِفَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)اِخْتَطَفَتَاتَخْتَطِفَانِتَخْتَطِفَاتَخْتَطِفَا—
نَحْنُ weاِخْتَطَفْنَانَخْتَطِفُنَخْتَطِفَنَخْتَطِفْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)اِخْتَطَفْتُمْتَخْتَطِفُونَتَخْتَطِفُواتَخْتَطِفُوااِخْتَطِفُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)اِخْتَطَفْتُنَّتَخْتَطِفْنَتَخْتَطِفْنَتَخْتَطِفْنَاِخْتَطِفْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)اِخْتَطَفُوايَخْتَطِفُونَيَخْتَطِفُوايَخْتَطِفُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)اِخْتَطَفْنَيَخْتَطِفْنَيَخْتَطِفْنَيَخْتَطِفْنَ—
Verbal nounاِخْتِطَاف
Active participleمُخْتَطِف
Passive participleمُخْتَطَف

اِخْتَطَفَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to kidnap

وأفادت وزارة الداخلية اللبنانية في بيان «تم فجر اليوم تحرير اللبنانيين الثلاثة (…)، بعدما اختطفتهم عصابة» لدى وصولهم إلى بغداد.And the Lebanese Minister of the Interior reported in his statement that “in the dawn of the day there happened the liberation of the three Lebanese, after a gang had kidnapped them” at their arrival at Baghdad.2017 October 29, “السلطات اللبنانية: تحرير ثلاثة مواطنين خطفوا في بغداد”, in Libya Akhbar, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2017

From a fully vowelled text

وَمِنْ أَيَّامِ يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَانِ إِلَى الآنَ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ يُغْصَبُ، وَالْغَاصِبُونَ يَخْتَطِفُونَهُ.And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.Matthew 11:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَأَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَإِذْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُمْ مُزْمِعُونَ أَنْ يَأْتُوا وَيَخْتَطِفُوهُ لِيَجْعَلُوهُ مَلِكًا، انْصَرَفَ أَيْضًا إِلَى الْجَبَلِ وَحْدَهُ.When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.John 6:15, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَلَمَّا حَدَثَتْ مُنَازَعَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ اخْتَشَى الأَمِيرُ أَنْ يَفْسَخُوا بُولُسَ، فَأَمَرَ الْعَسْكَرَ أَنْ يَنْزِلُوا وَيَخْتَطِفُوهُ مِنْ وَسْطِهِمْ وَيَأْتُوا بِهِ إِلَى الْمُعَسْكَرِ.And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.Acts 23:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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