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سَرَق
to steal /ˈsa.ra.qa/
verbA1#652 most common
Also: to rob, to pilfer, to swipe
Example sentences
سَرَقَ اللِّصُّ المالَ.
The thief stole the money.
سَرَقَ الوَلَدُ قِطعَةَ حَلوى مِنَ المَتجَرِ.
The boy stole a piece of candy from the shop.
مَن سَرَقَ هاتِفي البارِحَةَ؟
Who stole my phone yesterday?
قالوا إنَّ المُوَظَّفَ سَرَقَ أموالَ الشَّرِكَةِ ثُمَّ هَرَبَ.
They said the employee stole the company's money and then fled.
لَو لَم يَسرِقْ ذلكَ اليَومَ، لَما قَضى عَشرَ سَنَواتٍ في السِّجنِ.
Had he not stolen that day, he would not have spent ten years in prison.
سَرَقَتِ السَّنَواتُ شَبابَها دونَ أن تَشعُرَ بِمُرورِها.
The years stole her youth without her feeling them pass.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَسرِقُ | سَرَقتُ | سَأَسرِقُ |
| 2sg | تَسرِقُ | سَرَقتَ | سَتَسرِقُ |
| 3sg | يَسرِقُ | سَرَقَ | سَيَسرِقُ |
| 1pl | نَسرِقُ | سَرَقنا | سَنَسرِقُ |
| 2pl | تَسرِقونَ | سَرَقتُم | سَتَسرِقونَ |
| 3pl | يَسرِقونَ | سَرَقوا | سَيَسرِقونَ |
Word family
سَرِقة (sariqa)theft, larceny
سارِق (sāriq)thief
مَسروق (masrūq)stolen
سَرَّاق (sarrāq)habitual thief, pilferer
اِستَرَقَ (istaraqa)to steal furtively, as in stealing a glance
Etymology
سَرَق comes from the triliteral Semitic root س-ر-ق (s-r-q), which carries the sense of taking by theft. The same root appears in Akkadian šarāqu, 'to steal,' which points to a shared Proto-Semitic origin. In Arabic the root yields a broad family of words for theft, thieves, and stolen goods.
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