اللص

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns actions related to stealth, theft, and clinging or sticking. It extends to descriptions of physical closeness, narrowness, and the act of building or reinforcing structures.

Derived headwords

اللِّصّnoun

1.
thiefboth
A person who steals, especially secretly.
2.
stealthy actclassical
The act of doing something in secret or concealed.

لَصَّverb

1.
to stealboth
To take another's property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.
2.
to act stealthilyclassical
To perform an action in secrecy or concealment.
3.
to close tightlyclassical
To shut a door firmly and completely.

لِصّnoun

1.
thiefboth
A person who steals.

لُصُوصnoun

1.
thievesboth
Plural of thief.

أَلِصَّاءnoun

1.
thievesclassical
Another plural form for thief.

لِصَّةnoun

1.
female thiefboth
A woman who steals.

لِصَّاتnoun

1.
female thievesboth
Plural of female thief.

لَصَاصnoun

1.
theftclassical
The act of stealing; thievery.
2.
closenessclassical
The state of being close or near.

لُصُوصِيَّةnoun

1.
thieveryboth
The practice or crime of stealing.

مَلَصَةadjective

1.
abundant in thievesclassical
Describing land that has many thieves.

اللَّصَصnoun

1.
narrow shouldersclassical
Describing someone with shoulders that are close together.
2.
close-set teethclassical
Describing teeth that are positioned near each other.
3.
close forelegsclassical
Describing a horse whose forelegs are held close to its chest.

أَلَصّadjective

1.
narrow-shoulderedclassical
Having shoulders that are close together.

اللَّصَاءadjective

1.
narrow foreheadclassical
Describing a forehead that is narrow.
2.
close-set thighsclassical
Describing a woman whose thighs are very close together with no gap.

أَلَصّ الأَلْيَتَيْنadjective

1.
close-set buttocksclassical
Describing a Black person with buttocks that are close together.

تَلْصِيصnoun

1.
reinforcementclassical
The act of reinforcing or strengthening a building.

تَلَصَّصَverb

1.
to stickclassical
To adhere or cling to something.

لَصْلَصَهُverb

1.
to move back and forthclassical
To move something with a shaking or oscillating motion.

Parallel reading

فعل الشيء في ستر

To do the thing in concealment.

وإغلاق الباب وإطباقه

And closing the door and shutting it tightly.

وهي لصة ج: لصات ولصائص

And she is a female thief, plural: Lasaat and Lasaa'is.

وأرض ملصة: كثيرتهم

And a land that is Malasah: meaning it has many thieves.

وهو ألص

And he is Alass (narrow-shouldered).

وتضام مرفقي الفرس إلى زوره

And the horse's elbows are drawn close to its chest.

واللصاء من الجباه: الضيقة

And Al-lassaa' from foreheads: is narrow.

و من الغنم: ما أقبل أحد قرنيها وأدبر الآخر

And from sheep: those whose one horn faces forward and the other backward.

والمرأة الملتزقة الفخذين لا فرجة بينهما

And the woman with thighs stuck together, with no gap between them.

ويقال للزنجي: ألص الأليتين

And it is said of a Black person: Alass al-yatein (close-set buttocks).

وتلصيص البنيان: ترصيصه

And Talṣīṣ of a building: is its reinforcement.

والتص: التزق

And Talassa: means to stick.

ولصلصه: حركه

And Laṣlaṣahu: means to move it.