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سَارِقَة (sāriqaf (plural سَارِقَات (sāriqāt) or سَوَارِق (sawāriq), masculine سَارِق (sāriq))

  1. (law) female equivalent of سَارِق (sāriq, male thief)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:38:
      وَٱلسَّارِقُ وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ فَٱقۡطَعُوٓاْ أَيۡدِيَهُمَا جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَٰلٗا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ
      The male thief and the female thief, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent from Allah. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

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