لص
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaلِصٌّ ذ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and ↓ لُصٌّ, (S, M, Msb, K,) the latter mentioned by As, (Msb,) but only the former known to Sb, (M,) and لَصٌّ, (IDrd, A, K,) A thief; a robber; (M, A, Msb, K;) as also لَصْتٌ, with ت substituted for the [second] ص, and the form of the word changed because of the substitution, or it is a dial. form of لِصٌّ, and is said by Lh to be of the dial. of Teiyi and of some of the Ansár, and also pronounced لِصْتٌ, (M,) and لُصْتٌ: (K, art. لصت:) fem. لِصَّةٌ, (M,) or لَصَّةٌ: (A, K:) pl. of لِصٌّ and لُصٌّ (IDrd, S, Msb, K) and لَصٌّ, (IDrd, K,) لُصُوصٌ, (IDrd, S, M, Msb, K,) and of the first, لِصَصَةٌ, (IDrd, TA,) and of the first (M, TA) and second, (M,) لِصَاصٌ, (M, TA,) or أَلْصَاصٌ: (K) [and in the TA said to be so in the T: but this is probably a mistake for لِصَاصٌ: for ISd says,] the word has no pl. of pauc.: (M:) and مَلَصَّةٌ is a quasi-pl. n.: (IJ, M:) the pl. of لِصَّةٌ, (M,) or لَصَّةٌ, (K,) is لِصَّاتٌ, (M,) and لَصَّاتٌ, (K,) and لَصَائِصُ, (M, K,) which last is extr. [with respect to rule]: (M:) and the pl. of لِصْتٌ is لُصُوتٌ. (M.)
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