veil, curtain, cover

, aor. (S, M) and , (M,) inf. n. سَتْرٌ (S, M) and سَتَرٌ, (M,) He, or it, veiled, concealed, or hid, a thing; (M;) covered it: (S:) and ↓ ستّر signifies the same, (M,) [or has an intensive sense, or denotes frequency or repetition of the action, or its application to many objects: accord. to Golius, “ sub velo, obtenso eo [sic], ne quis vir intueretur eam, custodivit puellam: et clam asservavit habuitque eam: ” as on the authority of the KL: in which I find nothing of the kind but تَسْتِيرٌ expl. by the words در پرده داشتن (to have or hold, within a curtain.] ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) He protected another. (The Lexicons passim.) -A2- سَتُرَتْ, inf. n. سَتَارَةٌ, (tropical:) She (a woman) was, or became, سَتِيرَة, (A,) i. e., modest, or bashful. (M.) ― -b2- And سَتُرَ, inf. n. سِتْرٌ, (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, intelligent. (M.)

see the preceding paragraph.

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

and 7: see the next paragraph.

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 ٱللّٰهِ 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.)

and ↓ سُتْرَةٌ [which latter see also below] and ↓ سِتَارَةٌ (S, M, K) and ↓ سِتَارٌ (K) and ↓ سَتَرَةٌ and ↓ إِسْتَارٌ (TA) and ↓ إِسْتَارَةٌ, (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 سَتَايأِرُ. (S, K.) ↓ [Hence the phrase] هَتَكَ ٱللّٰهُ 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 إِلَى ٱللّٰهِ 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.)

A shield. (M, K.)

: 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.)

: see سِتْرٌ.

: see سَتِيرٌ, in two places.

: see سِتْرٌ, in three places.

(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., سُتَرَآءُ; (M;) and of ↓ مَسْتُورٌ, [مَسْتُورُونَ and] مَسَاتِيرُ; (A;) and, app. of سَتِيرٌ [as fem.] and سَتِيرَةٌ also, سَتَايأِرُ; 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.)