سرَقَ يَسرِق، سَرِقَةً وسَرَقًا، فهو سارِق، والمفعول مَسْروق
Root: س ر قSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
سرَق مالَه/ سرَق منه مالَه
أخذه خُفْية، بغير وجه حقّ
🇬🇧 Translation:
Took it secretly, without right (To steal).
- نظر أو سمع مستخفيًا
- سرَقتني عيني : نِمْت
- سرقوا اللّيلة من العمر : نعموا فيها وتمتّعوا
- يسرق الكحلَ من العَيْن : ماهر في الاختلاس.
🇬🇧 Translation:
- Looked or listened secretly
- saraqatni 'ayni : I fell asleep
- saraqu al-laylata min al-'umri : they enjoyed it and had fun
- yasriqu al-kuhla min al-'ayni : skillful in embezzlement [Master thief] (To steal (figuratively)/Take surreptitiously).
Example / Citation:
- " سرَق الوثائقَ
- {قَالُوا إِنْ يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ}
- {وَالسَّارِقُ وَالسَّارِقَةُ فَاقْطَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمَا} "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " saraqa al-watha'iqa
- {qalu in yasriq faqad saraqa akhun lahu min qablu}
- {was-sariqu was-sariqatu faqta'u aydiyahuma} (He stole the documents
- They said, "If he steals
- a brother of his has stolen before"
- [As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands) "
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