شطر

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ط ر (š ṭ r)
2 terms

Probably a native doublet of سَطَرَ (saṭara).

Pronunciation

Verb

شَطَرَ (šaṭara) I (non-past يَشْطُرُ (yašṭuru), verbal noun شَطْر (šaṭr))

  1. to divide, to split, to halve
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Root
ش ط ر (š ṭ r)
2 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

شَطْر (šaṭrm (plural شُطُور (šuṭūr) or أَشْطُر (ʔašṭur))

  1. half, part
Declension

Preposition

شَطْرَ (šaṭra)

  1. towards
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:144:
      فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ
      fa-walli wajhaka šaṭra al-masjidi l-ḥarāmi
      So turn thy face toward the Inviolable Place of Worship


    Inflected forms
Base form شَطْرَ (šaṭra)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person شَطْرِي (šaṭrī) شَطْرَنَا (šaṭranā)
Second person شَطْرَكَ (šaṭraka) شَطْرَكِ (šaṭraki) شَطْرَكُمَا (šaṭrakumā) شَطْرَكُمْ (šaṭrakum) شَطْرَكُنَّ (šaṭrakunna)
Third person شَطْرَهُ (šaṭrahu) شَطْرَهَا (šaṭrahā) شَطْرَهُمَا (šaṭrahumā) شَطْرَهُمْ (šaṭrahum) شَطْرَهُنَّ (šaṭrahunna)

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