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تَسَكُّع
aimless wandering; loitering /taˈsakːuʕ/
nounB2#4134 most common
Also: vagrancy, roaming about
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ التَّسَكُّعَ فِي الشَّارِعِ.
I like wandering aimlessly in the street.
التَّسَكُّعُ فِي اللَّيْلِ خَطِرٌ.
Loitering at night is dangerous.
مَنَعَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ التَّسَكُّعَ أَمَامَ الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
The police banned loitering in front of the school.
يَقْضِي بَعْضُ الشَّبَابِ أَوْقَاتَهُمْ فِي التَّسَكُّعِ بِلَا هَدَفٍ.
Some young people spend their time wandering about with no purpose.
أَثَارَ تَسَكُّعُهُ الْمُتَكَرِّرُ فِي الْحَيِّ قَلَقَ جِيرَانِهِ.
His repeated loitering in the neighborhood worried his neighbors.
عُدَّ تَسَكُّعُ الْأَحْدَاثِ فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ خِلَالَ سَاعَاتِ الدَّرْسِ مُخَالَفَةً تَسْتَوْجِبُ التَّدَخُّلَ الْقَانُونِيَّ.
The loitering of minors in the markets during school hours was ruled a violation requiring legal action.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَسَكُّعٌ | |
| Genitive | تَسَكُّعٍ | |
| Accusative | تَسَكُّعًا | |
| Vocative | يَا تَسَكُّعُ |
Word family
سَكَعَto wander, roam aimlessly
تَسَكَّعَto wander about, loiter
يَتَسَكَّعُhe wanders about, loiters
مُتَسَكِّعloiterer, vagrant, one who wanders aimlessly
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root س-ك-ع (s-k-ʿ), tied to the verb سَكَعَ, meaning to wander or roam without direction. تَسَكُّع is the verbal noun of the Form V pattern تَفَعُّل, which often marks a reflexive or repeated action. So the root sense of walking about becomes, in this form, the drawn-out act of wandering for its own sake.
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