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خ ط ف (khā ṭā fā) arabic root word meaning.


There are 7 words derived from this root in the Quran.
    The triliteral root khā ṭā fā (خ ط ف) occurs seven times in the Quran, in three derived forms:
    • three times as the form I verb khaṭifa (خَطِفَ)
    • three times as the form V verb yatakhaṭṭafa (يَتَخَطَّفَ)
    • 1 times as the noun khaṭfat (خَطْفَة)



To seize/take/carry off a thing by force, take or seize a thing quickly (snatch it away), suddenly take away, move along quickly (quickness in pace or going), cut a thing short (such as a discourse or narrative), barely miss a thing (and also to nearly hit a thing), be lean or lank in the belly (lightness of the flesh of the sides), to be mad or diabolically possessed.

All words derived from khā ṭā fā root word


WordMeaningArabic
(2:20:3) yakhṭafu
snatches away
يَخْطَفُ
(8:26:10) yatakhaṭṭafakumu
might do away with you
يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُ
(22:31:13) fatakhṭafuhu
and (had) snatched him
فَتَخْطَفُهُ
(28:57:6) nutakhaṭṭaf
we would be swept
نُتَخَطَّفْ
(29:67:7) wayutakhaṭṭafu
while are being taken away
وَيُتَخَطَّفُ
(37:10:3) khaṭifa
snatches
خَطِفَ
(37:10:4) l-khaṭfata
(by) theft
الْخَطْفَةَ
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