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خَالِسٌ خالس One who seizes, or carries off, a thing by force: who takes it at an opportunity, with deceit, guile, or circumvention: [or who takes it hastily and openly: or who snatches at unawares:] as also ↓ خَلَّاسٌ : [or this latter has an intensive signification:] and [in like manner] ↓ مُخْتَلِسٌ one who seizes, or carries off, a thing at a time of inadvertence. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الخَالِسُ Death: because it seizes people unawares. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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