يُسَارِقُ

Form: 3

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يُسَارِقُIII He avails himself of, or seeks, his inadvertence, to look at him: [he takes an opportunity of looking at him by stealth:] and in like manner one uses the phrases النَّظَرِ and [as meaning the taking an opportunity of looking by stealth]: and [alone] signifies the taking an opportunity of looking and of hearing: [and the hearing discourse by stealth; as is indicated in the TA:] and استرق السَّمْعَ [and استرق alone, as appears from an explanation of the part. n. مُسْتَرِقٌ, below,] He listened, or heard, by stealth; as also السَّمْعَ.

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