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لِصّ
thief /lisˤː/
nounB1#1551 most common
Also: robber, burglar
Example sentences
هَذا لِصّ.
This is a thief.
أَمْسَكَ الشُّرْطِيُّ اللِّصَّ.
The policeman caught the thief.
دَخَلَ لِصٌّ إِلى البَيْتِ لَيْلاً.
A thief entered the house at night.
سَرَقَ اللِّصُّ المالَ مِنَ المَتْجَرِ.
The thief stole the money from the shop.
لَمْ تَجِدِ الشُّرْطَةُ أَيَّ أَثَرٍ لِلِّصِّ الَّذِي اقْتَحَمَ المَصْرِفَ.
The police found no trace of the thief who broke into the bank.
يُقالُ إِنَّ اللِّصَّ الماهِرَ لا يَتْرُكُ خَلْفَهُ سِوى الصَّمْتِ وَبابٍ مَفْتوحٍ.
It is said that the skilled thief leaves behind nothing but silence and an open door.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لِصٌّ | لُصوصٌ |
| Genitive | لِصٍّ | لُصوصٍ |
| Accusative | لِصّاً | لُصوصاً |
| Vocative | يا لِصُّ | يا لُصوصُ |
Word family
لُصوصthieves (plural)
لُصوصِيَّةthievery, banditry
تَلَصَّصَto spy on, to peep
لِصّةfemale thief
Etymology
The word derives from the triliteral root l-ṣ-ṣ, which carries the sense of stealing or slipping in secretly. It is an old Semitic term attested in classical Arabic. The doubled final consonant marks the root's geminate structure.
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