تلصص

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Arabic

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Root
ل ص ص (l ṣ ṣ)
1 term

Etymology

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Denominal verb of لِصّ (liṣṣ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ta.lasˤ.sˤa.sˤa/

Verb

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تَلَصَّصَ (talaṣṣaṣa) V (non-past يَتَلَصَّصُ (yatalaṣṣaṣu), verbal noun تَلَصُّص (talaṣṣuṣ))

  1. (intransitive) to become a thief
  2. (intransitive) to peek at, to peep at, to snoop on, to spy on [with عَلَى (ʕalā)]
    • 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.

Conjugation

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