خَلَبَهُ
Form I
He wounded him, or scratched him, or cut him
, (A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. , (A, Msb,) or , (Mgh,) or and , (Mgh, K,) inf. n. خَلْبٌ, (Lth, Mgh, TA,) He wounded him, or scratched him, or cut him, with his nail; (A, K;) as also ↓ استخلبهُ: (K:) he (a beast or bird of prey, TA) seized him, i. e. the prey, with his claw or talon: (K:) or he (a beast of prey) rent his skin with his dog-tooth: (TA:) or he rent it (the skin) with his dog-tooth: (Lth, Mgh, TA:) or he (a bird) cut and rent it (i. e. the skin) بِمِخْلَبِهِ with his talon: (Msb:) he rent it, or slit it. (K.) One says of a woman, قَلَبَتْ قَلْبِى وَ خَلَبَتْ ↓ خِلْتِى [She smote, or overturned, my heart, and rent my midriff, or, more probably, liver, which is regarded as a seat of passion]. (A, TA.) And خَلَبَتْ فُلَانًا She (a woman) smote the ↓ خِلْب [app. here, also, meaning liver] of such a one. (Ham p. 343.) ― -b2- Also It (a venomous or noxious reptile or the like, TA) bit him. (K.) ― -b3- And خَلَبَ النَّبَاتَ, aor. , inf. n. خَلْبٌ, He cut the plants, or herbage; (S, Msb;) as also ↓ استخلبهُ. (S.) ― -b4- And خَلَبَ بِالمِخْلَبِ He worked, and cut, with the reaping-hook. (TA.) ― -b5- The root denotes the making a thing to incline: for الطَّايأِرُ يَخْلُِبُ بِمِخْلَبِهِ الشَّىْءَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ [The bird makes to incline, with its talon, the thing towards himself]. (IF, Mgh.) ― -b6- [Hence,] خَلَبَ فُلَانًا عَقْلَهُ, aor. and , He despoiled, or deprived, such a one of his reason: (K:) or خَلَبَ المَرْأَةَ عَقْلَهَا, inf. n. خَلْبٌ, he despoiled, or deprived, the woman of her reason: and خَلَبَتْ عَقْلَهُ, inf. n. as above, she took away his reason; as also ↓ اختلبتهُ. (L.) ― -b7- And [hence,] ↓ خِلَابَةٌ signifies The endeavouring to deceive or beguile (IF, IAth, Mgh) with blandishing speech: (IAth:) or deceiving with the tongue: (S:) or a woman's captivating the heart of a man by the most blandishing and deceiving speech. (Lth.) You say, خَلَبَهُ, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) or and (Mgh,) inf. n. خَلْبٌ (Msb, * K) and خِلَابَةٌ, (A, K,) or this is a simple subst., (Msb,) and خِلَابٌ; (K;) and ↓ اختلبهُ; (S, A, K;) and ↓ خالبهُ; (K;) He deceived him (S, Msb, K) with his tongue: (S:) or he despoiled, or deprived, him of his reason, بِمَنْطِقِهِ [by his speech]: (A:) or, followed by بِمَنْطِقِهِ, he made his heart to incline [to him] by the most blandishing speech. (Mgh.) It is said in a prov., إِذَا لَمْ تَغْلِبْ فَٱخْلُبْ, (S, TA,) or فَٱخْلِبْ; accord. to the former reading, which is that of As, (TA,) When thou dost not overcome, use deceit: (S, IAth, TA:) accord. to the latter reading, [it is said to mean when thou dost not overcome,] grasp little after little; as though it were taken from مِخْلَبٌ signifying “ a claw ” or “ talon. ” (TA.)