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تَسَرُّب
leakage /taˈsarrub/
nounB2#3533 most common
Also: leak, seepage, (school) dropout
Example sentences
هُناكَ تَسَرُّبٌ لِلمِياهِ في المَطبَخ.
There is a water leak in the kitchen.
لاحَظتُ تَسَرُّبًا صَغيرًا مِنَ الأُنبوب.
I noticed a small leak from the pipe.
يَجِبُ إصلاحُ تَسَرُّبِ الغازِ فَورًا.
The gas leak must be fixed right away.
أَدّى تَسَرُّبُ النِّفطِ إلى تَلَوُّثِ الشّاطِئِ.
The oil leak led to the pollution of the beach.
كَشَفَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ عَن تَسَرُّبٍ في بَياناتِ العُملاءِ.
The company disclosed a leak in customer data.
يُعَدُّ تَسَرُّبُ الطُّلّابِ مِنَ المَدارِسِ الرّيفِيَّةِ ظاهِرَةً مُقلِقَةً تَستَدعي مُعالَجَةً جَذرِيَّةً.
Student dropout from rural schools is a worrying phenomenon that needs a root solution.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَسَرُّبٌ | تَسَرُّباتٌ |
| Genitive | تَسَرُّبٍ | تَسَرُّباتٍ |
| Accusative | تَسَرُّبًا | تَسَرُّباتٍ |
| Vocative | يا تَسَرُّبُ | يا تَسَرُّباتُ |
Word family
تَسَرَّبَto leak, seep, infiltrate
مُتَسَرِّبleaking; also, a school dropout
مَسْرَبdrain, channel, path
سَرَابmirage (same root, unrelated meaning)
تَسْرِيبleaking of information or documents (a deliberate act, from Form II, distinct from the passive تَسَرُّب)
Etymology
The root س ر ب (s-r-b) carries the core sense of flowing or moving steadily, and by extension moving away quietly. The Form I verb سَرَبَ means to flow or to go off, and سَرَاب, a mirage, comes from the same idea of something shimmering and flowing across the horizon. تَسَرُّب is the verbal noun of the Form V verb تَسَرَّبَ, to leak or seep, which adds a gradual, self-driven quality to the root: something escaping bit by bit, on its own.
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