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تَنَصُّت
eavesdropping /taˈnasˤsˤut/
nounB2#3270 most common
Also: wiretapping, surreptitious listening, bugging
Example sentences
التَّنَصُّتُ مَمْنُوعٌ هُنَا.
Eavesdropping is forbidden here.
لا تَقُمْ بِالتَّنَصُّتِ عَلَى النَّاسِ.
Don't eavesdrop on people.
اُتُّهِمَ الجَارُ بِالتَّنَصُّتِ عَلَى مُكَالَمَاتِنَا.
The neighbor was accused of eavesdropping on our phone calls.
تَسْتَخْدِمُ الشُّرْطَةُ أَجْهِزَةَ تَنَصُّتٍ لِمُرَاقَبَةِ المُشْتَبَهِ بِهِمْ.
The police use wiretapping devices to monitor suspects.
كَشَفَتِ الوَثَائِقُ المُسَرَّبَةُ عَنْ بَرْنَامَجِ تَنَصُّتٍ وَاسِعِ النِّطَاقِ تُدِيرُهُ الوَكَالَةُ.
The leaked documents revealed a wide-scale wiretapping program run by the agency.
أَثَارَ تَنَصُّتُ الحُكُومَةِ عَلَى مُوَاطِنِيهَا دُونَ إِذْنٍ قَضَائِيٍّ جَدَلًا وَاسِعًا حَوْلَ حُدُودِ الخُصُوصِيَّةِ فِي العَصْرِ الرَّقَمِيِّ.
The government's eavesdropping on its citizens without a judicial warrant sparked wide debate over the limits of privacy in the digital age.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَنَصُّتٌ | تَنَصُّتَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَنَصُّتٍ | تَنَصُّتَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَنَصُّتًا | تَنَصُّتَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَنَصُّتُ | يَا تَنَصُّتَاتُ |
Word family
تَنَصَّتَto eavesdrop, to wiretap
مُتَنَصِّتeavesdropper, wiretapper
أَنْصَتَto listen attentively, to hush and listen
إِنْصَاتattentive listening, hush
مُنْصِتone who listens attentively
Etymology
تَنَصُّت is the verbal noun of the Form V verb تَنَصَّتَ, built on the Semitic root ن-ص-ت (n-ṣ-t), which carries the sense of falling silent to listen closely. Form V adds a reflexive, effortful shade to the root, so the verb means to strain one's ears in secret, and the masdar names that act. The word is native Arabic vocabulary, not a borrowing.
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