س ت ر

سَتَّرَ see the preceding paragraph.

سَاتَرَهُ العَدَاوَةَ , inf. n. مُسَاتَرَةٌ , (tropical:) [He concealed enmity with him]. (A.) [See also the act. part. n., below.]

تَسَتَّرَ and 7: see the next paragraph.

استتر and ↓ تستّر (S, M, K) and ↓ انستر (IAar, M) It became veiled, concealed, or hidden; or it veiled, concealed, or hid, itself: (M:) it became covered; or it covered itself. (S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] فُلَانٌ لَا يَسْتَتِرُ مِنَ ا@للّٰهِ بِسِتْرٍ (tropical:) [Such a one does not protect himself from the displeasure of God by piety; i. e.,] such a one does not fear God. (A, TA.)

سِتْرٌ and ↓ سُتْرَةٌ [which latter see also below] and ↓ سِتَارَةٌ (S, M, K) and ↓ سِتَارٌ (K) and ↓ سَتَرَةٌ and ↓ اـِسْتَارٌ (TA) and ↓ اـِسْتَارَةٌ , (M, K,) which last is only known to occur in one instance, in a trad., (M, TA,) and ↓ مِسْتَرٌ , (M, K,) Anything by which a person or thing is veiled, concealed, hidden, or covered; a veil; a curtain; a screen; a cover; a covering; a covert; (S, M, K:) [and the first and second, anything by which one is protected, or sheltered:] the pl. of سِتْرٌ is سُتُورٌ and أَسْتَارٌ (S, M, K) [the latter a pl. of pauc.] and سُتُرٌ ; (M, TA;) which last is also pl. of ↓ سِتَارٌ , (K,) like as كُتُبٌ is of كِتَابٌ ; (TA;) and the pl. of ↓ سِتَارَةٌ is سَتَايءِرُ . (S, K.) ↓ [Hence the phrase] هَتَكَ ا@للّٰهُ سِتْرَهُ [lit., God rent open, or may God rend open, his veil, or covering; meaning,] (tropical:) God manifested, or made known, or may God manifest, or make known, his vices, or faults: (A:) [or God disgraced, or dishonoured, him, or exposed him to disgrace, or dishonour, or may God disgrace or dishonour him &c.] And مَدَّ اللَّيْلُ أَسْتَارَهُ (tropical:) [Night spread its curtains]. (A.) And اللَّيْلِ ↓ أَمُدُّ اـِلَى ا@للّٰهِ يَدَىَّ تَحْتَ سِتَارِ (tropical:) [I stretch forth my hands in supplication to God beneath the veil of night]. (A.) ― -b2- سِتْرٌ also signifies (tropical:) Fear. (K.) [Because by it one protects himself from the displeasure of God. See 8.] And (tropical:) Modesty, or bashfulness. (K.) One says, مَا لِفُلَانٍ سِتْرٌ وَ لَا حِجْرٌ (tropical:) Such a one has not modesty nor intelligence. (TA.) ― -b3- And Intelligence; syn. عَقْلٌ . (M.) In the K it is explained by عَمَلٌ ; but this appears to be a mistranscription, for عَقْلٌ . (TA.)

سَتَرٌ A shield. (M, K.)

سُتْرَةٌ : see سِتْرٌ . ― -b2- Its predominant application is to A thing which a person praying sets up before him; [sticking it in the ground, or laying it down if the ground be hard, in order that no living being or image may be the object next before him;] such as a whip, and a staff having a pointed iron at its lower extremity. (Mgh.) [See عَنَزَةٌ : and see my “ Modern Egyptians, ” 5th ed., p. 72.] ― -b3- Also A parapet, or surrounding wall, of a flat house-top. (Mgh.) ― -b4- And i. q. ظُلَّةٌ [q. v.]. (Mgh.)

سَتَرَةٌ : see سِتْرٌ .

سِتَرَةٌ : see سَتِيرٌ , in two places.

سِتَارٌ : see سِتْرٌ , in three places.

سَتِيرٌ (S, M, K) and ↓ مَسْتُورٌ , (S, A, K,) applied to a man, (S, A, &c.,) and سَتِيرَةٌ (S, M, A, K) and سَتِيرٌ and ↓ سَتِرَةٌ , (M,) applied to a girl (S) or female, (M, &c.,) [properly Veiled, concealed, or covered. ― -b2- And hence,] (tropical:) Modest; bashful; (M;) chaste: (S, K:) pl. of سَتِيرٌ , as masc., سُتَرَا=ءُ ; (M;) and of ↓ مَسْتُورٌ , [ مَسْتُورُونَ and] مَسَاتِيرُ ; (A;) and, app. of سَتِيرٌ [as fem.] and سَتِيرَةٌ also, سَتَايءِرُ ; and the pl. of ↓ سَتِرَةٌ is سَتِرَاتٌ only, accord. to a rule laid down by Sb. (M.) ― -b3- شَجَرٌ سَتِيرٌ (tropical:) Trees having many boughs or branches. (A.) -A2- سَتِيرٌ applied to God is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ , meaning (assumed tropical:) Veiling, or protecting; a veiler, or protector. (TA.)

سِتَارَةٌ : see سِتْرٌ , in two places. ― -b2- Also The piece of skin that is upon the nail. (K.)

سَتَّارٌ One who veils, or conceals, [much, or often; or who does so] well. (KL.) [Hence,] اَللّٰهُ سَتَّارُ العُيُوبِ (tropical:) God is He who is wont to veil vices, or faults]. (A.) ― -b2- And The keeper of the curtain [that hangs over, and closes, the door of a chamber]. (MA.)

اـِسْتَارٌ : see سِتْرٌ . -A2- Also Four: (S, M, A, K:) said by Aboo-Sa'eed and Az to be arabicized, from the Pers. Jَهَارْ : pl. أَسَاتِيرُ and أَسَاتِرُ . (TA.) It is applied to men: (S, M:) and you also say, أَكَلْتُ اـِسْتَارًا مِنَ الخَبْزِ meaning I have eaten four cakes of bread. (TA.) ― -b2- And The fourth of a party of people. (TA.) ― -b3- And The weight of four mithkáls ( مَثَاقِيل ) and a half: (S, K: [see رِطْلٌ :]) likewise arabicized: (Az:) [app. from the Greek σατὴρ:] pl. أَسَاتِيرُ . (S.)

اـِسْتَارَةٌ : see سِتْرٌ .

مِسْتَرٌ : see سِتْرٌ .

مَسْتُورٌ : see سَتِيرٌ , in two places. ― -b2- حِجَابًا مَسْتُورًا , in the Kur xvii. 47, means A veil covered by another veil; implying the thickness of the veil: (S:) or مستورا is here of the measure مَفْعُولٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ , like مَأْتِيًّا in the Kur xix. 62, (S, M,) which some say is the only other instance of the kind; (TA;) and Th explains it as signifying preventing, or hindering, or obstructing; and says that it is of the measure مَفْعُولْ because the veil itself is hidden from man. (M.)

جَارِيَةٌ مُسَتَّرَةٌ A girl kept behind, or within, the curtain. (S.)

هُوَ مُدَاجٍ مُسَاتِرٌ (tropical:) [He is a wheedler, or cajoler, who conceals enmity]. (A.)