Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَخَتَ, inf. n. نَخْتٌ, He pecked, or picked up, and pulled off, or tore off, and snatched away, with his beak; syn. نَقَرَ and نَتَخَ, (Ḳ,) formed by transposition. (TA.)

نَخَتَ, [aor. ـُ {يَنْخُتُ},] inf. n. نَخْتٌ, He took a date, or two dates, from a bag or other receptacle for travelling-provisions, &c. (Ḳ.)

نَخَتَ, [aor. ـُ {يَنْخُتُ},] inf. n. نَخْتٌ, He plucked out; syn. نَتَفَ. (IAth, L.)

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نِخّت لِفُلَانٍ, as also سخّت لَهُ, He went to the utmost length (استقصى) in speaking to such a one. So in the Nawádir. (Az, L.) [Accord. to the Ḳ, نَخَتَ↓, inf. n. نَخْتٌ.]

نَخْتَةٌ نَمْلَةٍ A bite of an ant. So in a trad., accord. to one reading: accord. to another reading, it is نَجْبَةُ [q. v.]. (L.)