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سرفل سرق سرقن


1. ⇒ سرق

سَرَقَ مِنْهُ مَالًا, (Ṣ, Mgh, O, Mṣb,) or الشَّىْءَ, (Ḳ,) and سَرَقَهُ مَالًا, (Ṣ, Mgh, O, Mṣb,) thus also they sometimes said, (Ṣ, O,) the prep. being suppressed for the sake of alleviation, but meant to be understood, (Ḥam p. 155,) aor. ـِ {يَسْرِقُ}, inf. n. سَرَقٌ (Ṣ, Mgh, O, Mṣb, Ḳ) and سَرِقٌ and سَرَقَةٌ (Mgh, Ḳ) and سَرِقَةٌ and سَرْقٌ, (Ḳ,) He stole from him property, [or the thing,] i. e. he took it [from him] secretly, and by artifice; (Mgh;) or he came clandestinely to a place of custody, and took what belonged to him, namely, another person; (O, Ḳ;) as alsoاسترقهُ↓ [followed by مِنْهُ]. (IAạr, Ḳ.) And سَرَقَهُمْ [alone, He stole from them; or robbed them]. (JK and Ḳ in art. بوق.) It is said in a prov., سُرِقَ السَّارِقُ فَٱنْتَحَرَ (Ṣ, O) The thief was robbed, and in consequence slew himself: applied to him who has a thing not belonging to him taken from him, and whose impatience consequently becomes excessive. (Meyd,* O.) Andسرّقهُ↓, inf. n. تَسْرِيقٌ signifies the same as سَرَقَهُ: El-Farezdaḳ says,

* لَا تَحْسِبَنَّ دَرَاهِمًا سَرَّقْتَهَا *
* تَمْحُو مَخَازِيكَ الَّتِى بِعُمَانِ *

[By no means reckon thou that dirhems which thou stolest will efface thy disgraceful practices that were committed in 'Omán]. (IB, TA.) And you say in selling a slave, بَرِئْتُ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الإِبَاقِ وَالسَّرَقِ [I am irresponsible to thee for running away and stealing]. (TA.)

Root: سرق - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

One says also, سَرَقَ السَّمْعَ, meaning استرقهُ. (Mṣb. See 3.)

Root: سرق - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

And سُرِقَ صَوْتُهُ [lit. His voice was stolen], meaning ‡ he became hoarse. (Z, TA.)

Root: سرق - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

And سرقت يا قوم [app. سُرِقْتُ يَا قَوْمِ, expl. as meaning سرقت عرضى, which I think a mistranscription for سُرِقْتُ عِرْضِى, i. e. † I have been robbed of my honour, or reputation, O my people]. (TA.)

Root: سرق - Entry: 1. Signification: A5

And سَرَقْنَا لَيْلَةً مِنَ الشَّهْرِWe passed pleasantly, or with enjoyment, a night of the month. (TA.)

Root: سرق - Entry: 1. Signification: A6

And سَرَقَتْنِى عَيْنِىMy eye overcame me. (TA.)

Root: سرق - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

سَرِقَ, aor. ـَ {يَسْرَقُ}, (Yoo, IDrd, Ḳ,) inf. n. سَرَقٌ, (TḲ,) said of a thing, (Yoo, IDrd,) i. q. خَفِىَ [It was, or became, unperceived, or imperceptible, or hardly perceived or perceptible,, &c.]. (Yoo, IDrd, Ḳ.)

Root: سرق - Entry: 1. Signification: B2

And سَرِقَتْ مَفَاصِلُهُ, aor. as above, (IDrd, Ḳ,) and so the inf. n., (TA,) His joints became weak, or feeble; (IDrd, Ḳ;) as alsoانسرقت↓. (Ḳ.)


2. ⇒ سرّق

سرّقهُ: see 1.

Root: سرق - Entry: 2. Signification: A2

Also, (Ṣ,) inf. n. تَسْرِيقٌ, (Ḳ,) He attributed to him [or accused him of] theft. (Ṣ.) It is said in the Ḳur [xii. 81], accord. to one reading, إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ سُرِّقَ [Verily thy son has been accused of theft]. (Ṣ.)


3. ⇒ سارق

هُوَ يُسَارِقُ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْهِHe avails himself of, (Ṣ, O,) or seeks, (Ḳ,) his inadvertence, to look at him: (Ṣ, O, Ḳ:) [he takes an opportunity of looking at him by stealth:] and in like manner one uses the phrasesاِسْتَراقُ↓ النَّظَرِ andتَسَرُّقُهُ↓ [as meaning ‡ the taking an opportunity of looking by stealth]: andالتَّسَرُّقُ↓ [alone] signifies † the taking an opportunity of looking and of hearing: (TA:) [and the hearing discourse by stealth; as is indicated in the TA:] andاسترق↓ السَّمْعَ [and استرق alone, as appears from an explanation of the part. n. مُسْتَرِقٌ, below,]He listened, (Ṣ, O,) or heard, (Mṣb,) by stealth; (Ṣ, O, Mṣb;) as alsoسَرَقَ↓ السَّمْعَ. (Mṣb.)


5. ⇒ تسرّق

تسرّق He stole [by degrees, or] one thing and then another. (O, Ḳ.) So in the phrase تسرّق شِعْرِى [He stole my poetry, bit by bit], used by Ru-beh. (O, TA.)

Root: سرق - Entry: 5. Signification: A2

See also 3, in two places.


7. ⇒ انسرق

انسرق He went, drew, or shrank, back, in order to go away, عَنْهُمْ from them. (Ḳ, TA. [In this and the following sense, the verb is erroneously written in the CK اَسْرَقَ.])

Root: سرق - Entry: 7. Signification: A2

And He was, or became, languid, and weak, or feeble. (O, Ḳ, TA.) See also 1, last sentence.


8. ⇒ استرق

استرق: see 1, first sentence:

Root: سرق - Entry: 8. Signification: A2

and see 3, in two places. [See also كَبِيسٌ.]

Root: سرق - Entry: 8. Signification: A3

Also ‡ He deceived, or circumvented, secretly, [or by stealth,] like him who [so] listens. (TA.)

Root: سرق - Entry: 8. Signification: A4

And you say, استرق الكَاتِبُ بَعْضَ المُحَاسَبَاتِThe writer suppressed some of the items of the reckoning. (TA.)


Q. Q. 1. ⇒ سَرْقَنَ

سَرْقَنَ الأَرْضَ He manured the land with سِرْقِين. (L in art. سرقن.)


سَرَقٌ / سَرَقَةٌ

سَرَقٌ Oblong pieces (Ṣ, O, Mṣb,* Ḳ) of silk; (Ṣ, O, Mṣb;) accord. to AʼObeyd, (Ṣ, O,) of white silk: (Ṣ, O, Ḳ:) or silk in general: (Ḳ:) said by AʼObeyd to be arabicized from the Pers. سَرَهْ, meaning “good:” (Ṣ, O:) n. un. with ة {سَرَقَةٌ}; (Ṣ, O, Mṣb;) which is expl. as meaning a piece of good silk. (TA.)


سَرِقٌ

سَرِقٌ andسَرِقَةٌ↓ [the former of which is said in the Mgh and Ḳ, and the latter in the Ḳ, to be an inf. n., are also said to be] substs. from سَرَقَ, [as such signifying Theft,] as alsoسَرْقَةٌ↓, (O, Ḳ,) orسِرْقَةٌ↓. (Mṣb.)


سَرْقَةٌ

سَرْقَةٌ: see what next precedes.


سِرْقَةٌ

سِرْقَةٌ: see what next precedes.


سَرِقَةٌ

سَرِقَةٌ: see سَرِقٌ.

Root: سرق - Entry: سَرِقَةٌ Signification: A2

Also, (Mṣb,) A thing stolen; (Mgh, Mṣb;) and soسُرَاقَةٌ↓; [pl. of the latter سُرَاقَاتٌ;] whence the saying عِنْدَهُ سُرَاقَاتُ الشِّعْرِ [He has stolen things of poetry or verse]. (TA.)


سِرْقِينٌ

سِرْقِينٌ, (Ḳ, and Ṣ and Mṣb in art. سرج,) sometimes written سَرْقِينٌ, (Ḳ,) as also سَرْجِين, (Mṣb, TA,) Dung of horses or other solid-hoofed animals, syn. رَوْثٌ, and زِبْلٌ, (Mṣb,) or fresh dung of camels, sheep and goats, wild oxen, and the like; (TA in art. ذأر;) a manure for land: (L:) arabicized from سركين [or سَرْگِينْ], (Mṣb, Ḳ,) a Pers. word. (Mṣb.) [See سِرْجِينٌ, in art. سرج.]


سَرُوقٌ

سَرُوقٌ [Thievish; a great thief]; an epithet applied to a man, and to a dog: pl. سُرُقٌ. (TA.)


سُرَاقَةٌ

سُرَاقَةٌ: see سَرِقَةٌ.

Root: سرق - Entry: سُرَاقَةٌ Signification: A2

Also A stealer of poetry or verses. (TA.)


سَرُوقَةٌ

سَرُوقَةٌ [Very thievish; a very great thief]: it has no pl. (TA.)


سَارِقٌ

سَارِقٌ [Stealing; a thief; or] one who comes clandestinely to a place of custody, and takes what does not belong to him: (O:) pl. سَرَقَةٌ and سُرَّاقٌ (TA) and سُرَّقٌ. (Mgh.)


سُورَقٌ

سُورَقٌ A certain disease in the members, or limbs. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, O.)


سَارِقَةٌ

سَارِقَةٌ sing. of سَوَارِقُ, which signifies [Collars by means of which the two hands are confined together to the neck, called also] جَوَامِعُ, (O, Ḳ, TA,) of iron, attached to fetters or shackles. (TA.)

Root: سرق - Entry: سَارِقَةٌ Signification: A2

And the pl., سَوَارِقُ, signifies also The adjuncts (زَوَائِد) in the catches (فَرَاش [q. v.]) of a lock. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, O, Ḳ.)


مَسْرُوقُ

مَسْرُوقُ الصَّوْتِ [lit. Having the voice stolen,] means ‡ hoarse in voice. (Z, TA.) And hence, مَسْرُوقُ البُغَامِ[A young gazelle] having a nasal sound, or twang, in its cry; as though its voice were stolen: a phrase used by El-Aạshà. (TA.)


مُسْتَرِقٌ

مُسْتَرِقٌListening by stealth, (Ḳ, TA,) like the thief. (TA.)

Root: سرق - Entry: مُسْتَرِقٌ Signification: A2

Defective, weak in make. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, O, Ḳ.)

Root: سرق - Entry: مُسْتَرِقٌ Signification: A3

مُسْتَرِقُ القَوْلِWeak in speech or saying. (A, TA.)

Root: سرق - Entry: مُسْتَرِقٌ Signification: A4

مُسْتَرِقُ العُنُقِShort in the neck; (Ibn-ʼAbbád, O, Ḳ, TA;) applied to a man; (Ibn-ʼAbbád, O, TA;) contracted therein. (A, TA.) [In the CK, المُسْرِقُ is erroneously put for المُسْتَرِقُ.]


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