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1 خَلَسَهُ خلس خلسه خلسة , (S, A, Msb,) aor. خَلِسَ , (Msb, MS,) inf. n. خَلْسٌ (Mgh, Msb, K) and خِلِّيسَى; (K;) and ↓ اختلسهُ ; (S, A, Msb, K;) and ↓ تخلّسهُ ; (S, TA;) He seized it, or carried it off, by force; (S, A, K;) مِنْ يَدِهِ from his hand: (A:) he took it at an opportunity, with deceit, guile, or circumvention: (TA:) or he took it hastily and openly: (Mgh:) or he snatched it at unawares; seized it hastily when its owner was unaware: (Msb:) or ↓ اِخْتِلَاسٌ denotes a quicker action than خَلْسٌ. (Lth, K.) You say also, خَلَسَهُ إِِيَّاهُ [He seized it, or carried it off, from him by force; &c.]: (TA:) and الشَّىْءَ ↓ خَالَسْتُهُ I seized the thing, or snatched it away, from him. (Har p. 139.) And أَخَذَهُ خِلِّيسَى, i. e. ↓ اِخْتِلَاسًا [He took it by forcible seizure; &c.]. (TA.) خَلْسٌ is also in fighting and prostrating: and you say, طَعْنَةً ↓ اختلس [He seized an opportunity to inflict a thrust, or wound, with a spear or the like]. (TA.) And بَصَرُهُ ↓ اُخْتُلِسَ (assumed tropical:) His sight was suddenly taken away. (A * and TA in art. ملس.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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