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لَصَّ

Root: لص

Form: 1

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لَصَّI , Present.T لَصِصَ He thieved, or stole: [see لُصُوصِيَّةٌ, and the other nouns mentioned therewith, some of which, if not all, are app. inf. ns. of this verb:] and signifies the same; or he was thievish: [or he practised theft:] or he thieved, or stole, repeatedly: and he acted as a spy; syn. تَجَسَّسَ.
2 لَصَّ الشَّىْءَ, Present.T لَصُصَ Verbal.Noun لَصٌّ, [in the CK لِصٌّ,] He stole the thing: [and] he did the thing secretly, or covertly.

def.2 لَصَّ بَابَهُ, Verbal.Noun لَصٌّ, He closed, or locked, his door; syn. أَغْلَقَهُ and أَطْبَقَهُ; as also رَصَّهُ.
2 لَصَّ, [app. in the sec. pers. لَصِصْتَ, and Present.T يَلَصُّ, and Verbal.Noun لَصَصٌ,] His teeth (أَضْرَاس) were near together, so that no interstice was seen between them. [This verb probably has all the significations indicated by the explanations of لَصَصٌ below.]
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