ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

Pronunciation 1Edit

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

VerbEdit

خَطِفَ (ḵaṭifa) I, non-past يَخْطَفُ‎‎ (yaḵṭafu)
خَطَفَ (ḵaṭafa) I, non-past يَخْطِفُ‎‎ (yaḵṭifu)

  1. to seize, to grab
  2. to make off with
  3. to abduct, to kidnap
ConjugationEdit

Pronunciation 2Edit

NounEdit

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
DeclensionEdit

ReferencesEdit

South Levantine ArabicEdit

Root
خ ط ف

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic خَطَفَ(ḵaṭafa).

PronunciationEdit

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

VerbEdit

خطف (ḵaṭaf) (form I, present بخطف(biḵṭaf))

  1. to kidnap

ConjugationEdit

    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)