تلصص

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ل ص ص (l-ṣ-ṣ)

Etymology[edit]

Denominal verb of لِصّ (liṣṣ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ta.lasˤ.sˤa.sˤa/

Verb[edit]

تَلَصَّصَ (talaṣṣaṣa) V, non-past يَتَلَصَّصُ‎ (yatalaṣṣaṣu)

  1. (intransitive) to become a thief
  2. (intransitive) to peek at, to peep at, to snoop on, to spy on [+ عَلَى (object)]
    • 1962, Ghassan Kanafani, رجال في الشمس [Men in the Sun]:
      فَٱرْتَقَى حَجَرًا وَأَخَذَ يَتَلَصَّصُ مِنَ ٱلشَّبَّاكِ.
      fartaqā ḥajaran waʔaḵaḏa yatalaṣṣaṣu mina š-šabbāki.
      So he stood on a stone and began to eavesdrop through the window.

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