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4 أَخْطَبَ see 2. ― -b2- [Accord. to the KL, إِِخْطَابٌ signifies The inviting one for the purpose of marriage: but I think it is only اِخْتِطَابٌ that has this signification.] ― -b3- أَخْطَبَكَ الصَّيْدُ (tropical:) The game, or object of the chase, has become within thy power, or reach; (S, A;) and has become near thee; (S;) فَا@رْمِهِ [therefore shoot it, or cast at it]. (A.) And اخطبك الأَمْرُ (tropical:) The thing, or affair, has become within thy power, or reach. (JK, A. *) -A2- اخطب, said of the colocynth, (JK, S, K,) It became striped with green: (JK, K:) or it became yellow, with green stripes. (S.) And اخطبتِ الحِنْطَةُ The wheat became coloured. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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