لص

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لص

/lisˤsˤ/
/lusˤsˤ/

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek λῃστής (lēistḗs).

noun لِصّ · لُصّ · liṣṣ · luṣṣ · لُصُوص · أَلْصَاص

obsolete thief, robber مَكَانَكَ أَيُّهَا ٱللِّصُّ!
Similar: سَارِق

verb لَصَّ · laṣṣa · يَلُصُّ · لَصّ · لَاصّ

obsolete, transitive to steal
obsolete, transitive to do secretly
obsolete, transitive to close (the door)

Similar: أَغْلَقَ, أَطْبَقَ, رَصَّ

verb يَلَصُّ · لَصَّ · laṣṣa · لَصِصْتُ · لَصَص · لُصُوصِيَّة

obsolete, transitive to be a thief, to be thievish, to steal repeatedly
obsolete, transitive to have teeth close together
obsolete, transitive to have hunched shoulders, to stoop (of a person or horse)
obsolete, transitive to have one's thighs close together (of a woman)
obsolete, transitive to be narrow (of one's forehead)
obsolete, transitive to have unevenly oriented horns (of a sheep)

noun لَصّ · laṣṣ · اللَّصّ · لَصٌّ

noun from verb, obsolete, transitive verbal noun of لَصَّ (laṣṣa, “to steal, to do secretly, to close (the door)”) (form I)

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verb

Similar: أَغْلَقَ, أَطْبَقَ, رَصَّ

In English

thief one who carries out theft
robber one who robs

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {لص},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%84%D8%B5},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}