استرق

اِسْتَرَقَّ • (istaraqqa) X (non-past يَسْتَرِقُّ (yastariqqu), verbal noun اِسْتِرْقَاق (istirqāq))

1. to enslave
   • (Can we date this quote?), Abū Nuwās, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يَسْتَرِقُّ لَهَا / حُسْنُهَا عَبْدًا بِلَا ثَمَنِ

     kulla yawmin yastariqqu lahā / ḥusnuhā ʕabdan bilā ṯamani

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2. to soften
3. to be thin, to be delicate

اِسْتَرَقَ • (istaraqa) VIII (non-past يَسْتَرِقُ (yastariqu), verbal noun اِسْتِرَاق (istirāq))

1. to steal, to pilfer [with accusative ‘something’ and مِن (min) ‘from someone’]
2. to do in secret, clandestinely [with accusative ‘a noun of sensory perception’]

   اِسْتَرَقَ السَمْعَ ― istaraqa s-samʕa ― to eavesdrop

   اِسْتَرَقَ النَظَرَ ― istaraqa n-naẓara ― to peep

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 15:18:

     إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُبِينٌ

     ʔillā mani staraqa s-samʕa faʔatbaʕahu šihābun mubīnun

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