ستارة

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Arabic

Root
س ت ر (s t r)
8 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.taː.ra/
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Noun

سِتَارَة • (sitāra) f (plural سِتَارَات (sitārāt) or سَتَائِر (satāʔir))

  1. veil; screen; curtain
  2. blind (window covering)
  3. (historical) a kind of siege engine, probably a mantlet
    • a. 1234, بهاء الدين ابن شداد, edited by Albert Schultens, النوادر السلطانية والمحاسن اليوسفية‎, Leiden: Samuel Luchtman, published 1732, Pars 1, Cap. 37, page 75:
      ولما تكاملت عنده آلات القتال من المناجنيق والدبابات والستائر وغير ذلك نازل عليها في ثاني وعشرين وضائقها وقاتلها قتالا عظيما
      Having finished erecting the machines of war, mangonels, crawlers and blinds and more he attacked it the twenty-secondth time, tightly in a rough clash.

Declension

Declension of noun سِتَارَة (sitāra)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سِتَارَة
sitāra 		السِّتَارَة
as-sitāra 		سِتَارَة
sitārat
Nominative سِتَارَةٌ
sitāratun 		السِّتَارَةُ
as-sitāratu 		سِتَارَةُ
sitāratu
Accusative سِتَارَةً
sitāratan 		السِّتَارَةَ
as-sitārata 		سِتَارَةَ
sitārata
Genitive سِتَارَةٍ
sitāratin 		السِّتَارَةِ
as-sitārati 		سِتَارَةِ
sitārati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سِتَارَتَيْن
sitāratayn 		السِّتَارَتَيْن
as-sitāratayn 		سِتَارَتَيْ
sitāratay
Nominative سِتَارَتَانِ
sitāratāni 		السِّتَارَتَانِ
as-sitāratāni 		سِتَارَتَا
sitāratā
Accusative سِتَارَتَيْنِ
sitāratayni 		السِّتَارَتَيْنِ
as-sitāratayni 		سِتَارَتَيْ
sitāratay
Genitive سِتَارَتَيْنِ
sitāratayni 		السِّتَارَتَيْنِ
as-sitāratayni 		سِتَارَتَيْ
sitāratay
Plural sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سِتَارَات‎; سَتَائِر
sitārāt‎; satāʔir 		السِّتَارَات‎; السَّتَائِر
as-sitārāt‎; as-satāʔir 		سِتَارَات‎; سَتَائِر
sitārāt‎; satāʔir
Nominative سِتَارَاتٌ‎; سَتَائِرُ
sitārātun‎; satāʔiru 		السِّتَارَاتُ‎; السَّتَائِرُ
as-sitārātu‎; as-satāʔiru 		سِتَارَاتُ‎; سَتَائِرُ
sitārātu‎; satāʔiru
Accusative سِتَارَاتٍ‎; سَتَائِرَ
sitārātin‎; satāʔira 		السِّتَارَاتِ‎; السَّتَائِرَ
as-sitārāti‎; as-satāʔira 		سِتَارَاتِ‎; سَتَائِرَ
sitārāti‎; satāʔira
Genitive سِتَارَاتٍ‎; سَتَائِرَ
sitārātin‎; satāʔira 		السِّتَارَاتِ‎; السَّتَائِرِ
as-sitārāti‎; as-satāʔiri 		سِتَارَاتِ‎; سَتَائِرِ
sitārāti‎; satāʔiri

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ستر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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