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قرصن

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Denominal verb of قُرْصَان m (qurṣān, pirate). Together the words form a root ق ر ص ن (q-r-ṣ-n).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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قَرْصَنَ (qarṣana) Iq (non-past يُقَرْصِنُ (yuqarṣinu), verbal noun قَرْصَنَة (qarṣana))

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to cruise the sea as a pirate
  2. (transitive, computing) to crack, to hack into, to break into
    • 2018 September 24, “"فيروبوت" .. فيروس جديد يقرصن الجهاز والفدية 520 دولاراً [Virobot – A new virus breaks into the system and the ransom is 520 dollars]”, in Deutsche Welle Arabic[1]:

Conjugation

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