استرق

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ر ق ق (r q q)
9 terms

Verb

اِسْتَرَقَّ (istaraqqa) X (non-past يَسْتَرِقُّ (yastariqqu), verbal noun اِسْتِرْقَاق (istirqāq))

  1. to enslave
    • (Can we date this quote?), Abū Nuwās, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يَسْتَرِقُّ لَهَا / حُسْنُهَا عَبْدًا بِلَا ثَمَنِ
      kulla yawmin yastariqqu lahā / ḥusnuhā ʕabdan bilā ṯamani
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to soften
  3. to be thin, to be delicate
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Root
س ر ق (s r q)
6 terms

Verb

اِسْتَرَقَ (istaraqa) VIII (non-past يَسْتَرِقُ (yastariqu), verbal noun اِسْتِرَاق (istirāq))

  1. to steal, to pilfer
  2. to do in secret, clandestinely
    اِسْتَرَقَ السَمْعَistaraqa s-samʕato eavesdrop
    اِسْتَرَقَ النَظَرَistaraqa n-naẓarato peep
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 15:18:
      إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُبِينٌ
      ʔillā mani staraqa s-samʕa faʔatbaʕahu šihābun mubīnun
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation