سَتْر
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Highlights
Present tense
يُسَتِّرُ
Verbal noun
تَسْتِير
Active participle
مُسَتِّر
Passive participle
مُسَتَّر
Most common words from the same root
سَتَّرَ in English
Verb · Form II
- to cover up, to hide, to screen; to enveil
فَجَعَلَ ٱبْنُ ٱلزُّبَيْرِ أَعْمِدَةً فَسَتَّرَ عَلَيْهَا ٱلسُّتُور حَتَّى ٱرْتَفَعَ بِنَاؤُهُAnd Ibn Az-Zubayr made pillars and covered them with curtains to further the building’s erection.7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 15:449
- to protect, to shield, to guard, to safeguard; to shelter
- to marry off (a girl or a young woman) (as in order to protect her from sin)
Word origin
Compare Hebrew סֵתֶר (“hiddenness; secrecy”).
Words from the root س-ت-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
سَتَرَ
· present يَسْتُرُ
Form I · The plain action
to cover, to hide, to screen; to veil; to protect, to shield, to guard, to safeguard; to shelter
سَاتِر
any kind of mid-size protective construction such as screen…
مَسْتُور
hidden
مَسْتُور
secret
jacket
سَتَّرَ
· present يُسَتِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to cover up, to hide, to screen; to enveil; to protect, to shield, to guard, to safeguard; to shelter
تَسْتِير
مُسَتِّر
مُسَتَّر
تَسَتَّرَ
· present يَتَسَتَّرُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be covered, to be veiled, to be sheltered, to cover, to lurk; to dissimulate, to connive
تَسَتُّر
cover
مُتَسَتِّر
مُتَسَتَّر
اِسْتَتَرَ
· present يَسْتَتِرُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to be covered, to be veiled, to be sheltered, to cover oneself, to lurk
اِسْتِتَار
مُسْتَتِر
veiled
مُسْتَتَر
سَتَّرَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | سَتَّرْتُ | أُسَتِّرُ | أُسَتِّرَ | أُسَتِّرْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | سَتَّرْتَ | تُسَتِّرُ | تُسَتِّرَ | تُسَتِّرْ | سَتِّرْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | سَتَّرْتِ | تُسَتِّرِينَ | تُسَتِّرِي | تُسَتِّرِي | سَتِّرِي |
| هُوَ he | سَتَّرَ | يُسَتِّرُ | يُسَتِّرَ | يُسَتِّرْ | — |
| هِيَ she | سَتَّرَتْ | تُسَتِّرُ | تُسَتِّرَ | تُسَتِّرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | سَتَّرْتُمَا | تُسَتِّرَانِ | تُسَتِّرَا | تُسَتِّرَا | سَتِّرَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | سَتَّرَا | يُسَتِّرَانِ | يُسَتِّرَا | يُسَتِّرَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | سَتَّرَتَا | تُسَتِّرَانِ | تُسَتِّرَا | تُسَتِّرَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | سَتَّرْنَا | نُسَتِّرُ | نُسَتِّرَ | نُسَتِّرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | سَتَّرْتُمْ | تُسَتِّرُونَ | تُسَتِّرُوا | تُسَتِّرُوا | سَتِّرُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | سَتَّرْتُنَّ | تُسَتِّرْنَ | تُسَتِّرْنَ | تُسَتِّرْنَ | سَتِّرْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | سَتَّرُوا | يُسَتِّرُونَ | يُسَتِّرُوا | يُسَتِّرُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | سَتَّرْنَ | يُسَتِّرْنَ | يُسَتِّرْنَ | يُسَتِّرْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | تَسْتِير |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُسَتِّر |
| Passive participle | مُسَتَّر |
سَتَّرَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to cover up
فَجَعَلَ ٱبْنُ ٱلزُّبَيْرِ أَعْمِدَةً فَسَتَّرَ عَلَيْهَا ٱلسُّتُور حَتَّى ٱرْتَفَعَ بِنَاؤُهُAnd Ibn Az-Zubayr made pillars and covered them with curtains to further the building’s erection.7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 15:449
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