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خَاطِفٌ خاطف [act. part. n. of 1, Seizing, &c.]: pl. خُطَّافٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- الخَاطِفُ The wolf; (JK, S, K;) because he seizes, or carries off by force, his prey. (TA.) ― -b3- خَاطِفُ ظِلِّهِ A certain bird, (JK, S, K,) said by Ibn-Selemeh to be called الرَّفْرَافُ; (S, [so in three copies, not رَقْرَاق as in Freytag's Lex.,] TA;) that sees its shadow, and thinks it to be a bird; (JK;) or when it sees its shadow in the water, it advances to it to seize it, (S, L, K,) thinking it to be a prey: (L, TA:) [see خَيَالٌ:] it is one of the birds of the deserts, and is [said to be] thus called because of the swiftness with which it pounces down; it is green, or of a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour, (أَخْضَرُ,) in the back; white in the belly; long in the wings, and short in the neck: (Msb in art. لعب:) also called مُلَاعِبُ ظِلِّهِ. (S and Msb in that art.) ― -b4- بَرْقٌ خَاطِفٌ (tropical:) Lightning that takes away the sight. (JK, S, * TA. *) ― -b5- سَهْمٌ خَاطِفٌ (assumed tropical:) An arrow that falls upon the ground, and then glides along upon the ground to the butt, or object of aim; as though snatching something from the ground: pl. خَوَاطِفُ: (Ham p. 573:) or خَوَاطِفُ signifies arrows that miss; for مُخْطِفَاتٌ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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