How to say "to steal" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto steal
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَرَقَ
saraqaסרק
سرق
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
גנב
ganavگَانَاڤ
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
شْفر
shferשפרDarija's everyday 'to steal' is shfer (sreq also exists); sheffār — 'thief'.
In a phrase
سَرَقَ الْمَال
saraqa al-mālסרק אל-מאלHe stole the money