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جاسُوس
spy /d͡ʒaːˈsuːs/
nounB1#2100 most common
Also: secret agent, informant, mole
Example sentences
الجاسُوس رجلٌ خطير.
The spy is a dangerous man.
هل هو جاسُوس؟
Is he a spy?
قبضت الشرطة على جاسُوس في المطار.
The police caught a spy at the airport.
اتهموه بأنه جاسُوس يعمل لصالح دولة أجنبية.
They accused him of being a spy working for a foreign country.
لم يكتشف أحد أن الجاسُوس كان يختبئ بينهم طوال تلك السنوات.
No one discovered that the spy had been hiding among them all those years.
لو لم يرتكب الجاسُوس ذلك الخطأ الصغير، لظلّ نشاطه السرّي طيّ الكتمان إلى الأبد.
Had the spy not made that small mistake, his secret activity would have stayed hidden forever.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جاسُوسٌ | جَواسِيسُ |
| Genitive | جاسُوسٍ | جَواسِيسَ |
| Accusative | جاسُوساً | جَواسِيسَ |
| Vocative | يا جاسُوسُ | يا جَواسِيسُ |
Word family
تَجَسَّسَto spy on, to snoop
جَسَّto feel, to palpate
تَجَسُّسespionage, spying
جاسُوسِيّةespionage, spy work
جَواسِيسspies (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ج-س-س, which means to probe, feel out, or gather news. The form jāsūs follows a pattern used for agents and habitual doers. It names someone whose work is prying into hidden matters. The related verb tajassasa, meaning to spy, appears in the Quran with a warning against it.
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