سارق

Arabic

Root
س ر ق (s-r-q)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saː.ra.qa/

Verb

سَارَقَ (sāraqa) III, non-past يُسَارِقُ‎ (yusāriqu)

  1. to wiretap
  2. to steal (a glance إِلَى (ʾilā) at someone)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of سَرَقَ (saraqa, to steal). Compare Akkadian 𒇽𒅎𒍪 (šarrāqum, thief).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saː.riq/

Noun

سَارِق (sāriq) m (plural سَارِقُون (sāriqūn) or سَرَقَة (saraqa) or سُرَّاق (surrāq), feminine سَارِقَة (sāriqa))

  1. (law) embezzler, looter, mugger, pilferer, robber, stealer, thief
    609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:38:
    وَٱلسَّارِقُ وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ فَٱقۡطَعُوٓاْ أَيۡدِيَهُمَا جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَٰلٗا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ
    The male thief and the female thief, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent from Allah. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Declension
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