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steal in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- saraqa
- Arabizi
saraq- Type
- verb
- Root
- س ر ق
How to use it
The verb "steal" is سَرَقَ in past tense. Use سَرِقَ for masculine singular subject, سَرَقَتْ for feminine. The noun for the act is سَرِقَة.
Example sentences
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سَرَقَ الفَتَى مِفْتَاحَ البَيْتِ.
Saraqa al-fatā mifṭāḥ al-bayti.
The boy stole the house key.
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لَا تَسْرِقُوا أَثَرَثَكُمْ!
Lā tasriqū atharathakum!
Do not steal your belongings!
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سَرِقَتِهَا السَّيَّارةُ فِي اللَّيْلِ.
Sariqatihā al-sayyāra fī al-layli.
Her car was stolen at night.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Steal Life.
طبيعة صامتة.
We Steal Things.
نحن نسرق اشياء.
"You shall not steal.
لا تسرق.
Thou shalt not steal.
لا تسرق.
It is wrong to steal.
السرقة خطأ.
"Neither shall you steal.
ولا تسرق.
Neither shalt thou steal.
ولا تسرق.
I didn't steal the money.
لم أسرق المال.
Hunger urged him to steal.
دفعه الجوع للسرقة.
Please Steal Our Fossil Fuels
اسرقوا وقودنا الأحفوري من فضلكم
I would rather starve than steal.
أفضّل أن أتضوّر جوعاّ على أن أقوم بالسرقة.
You therefore who teach another, don't you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn't steal, do you steal?
فانت اذا الذي تعلّم غيرك ألست تعلّم نفسك. الذي تكرز ان لا يسرق أتسرق.
Questions and answers
What is the noun for "steal"?
The noun is سَرِقَة (theft).
Is سَرَقَ used in formal Arabic?
Yes, it is standard MSA and used in news and literature.
Related words and expressions
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