قرصن

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qar.sˤa.na/

Verb

قَرْصَنَ • (qarṣana) Iq, non-past يُقَرْصِنُ‎ (yuqarṣinu)

  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:

Conjugation

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