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لِصٌّ

Root: لص

Full Definition

لِصٌّ and , the latter mentioned by As, but only the former known to Sb, and لَصٌّ, A thief; a robber; 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, and لُصْتٌ: (K, art. لصت:) fem. لِصَّةٌ, or لَصَّةٌ: pl. of لِصٌّ and لُصٌّ and لَصٌّ, لُصُوصٌ, and of the first, لِصَصَةٌ, and of the first and second, لِصَاصٌ, or أَلْصَاصٌ: [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.: and مَلَصَّةٌ is a quasi-pl. n.: the pl. of لِصَّةٌ, or لَصَّةٌ, is لِصَّاتٌ, and لَصَّاتٌ, and لَصَائِصُ, which last is extr. [with respect to rule]: and the pl. of لِصْتٌ is لُصُوتٌ.
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