نَهْبَةٌgrab

Example sentences

• وغايته أن يظفر في الأحايين منه بخَطْفَةٍ ونَهْبَةٍ تحصل له على غِرَّةٍ من العبد وغفلةٍ لابد له منها؛

  At most, he might occasionally manage a snatch or grab from him when the servant is caught off guard in an unavoidable moment of heedlessness;

  وَنَهْبَةٍ — and a grab. 'And' plus an indefinite 'a plunder' (tanwin), genitive, parallel to 'snatch'. Another single-act noun, a momentary seizure.

  From: Repelling the Devil →