usṭūra

myth, legend, tale

أُسْطُورَة

Word

Noun · pattern أُفْعُولَة

Root

س ط ر

Forms

Plural
أَساطِير

In the library

وأساطيرَ البَلاغَةِ تُنسَخُ لتُدْرَسَ.

The Maqamat of al-Hariri, page 48 →

From the same root

All words from س ط ر →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • سَطَرَ Form I He wrote
    , (S, M, Msb, &c.,) aor. , (S, M, Msb;) inf. n. سَطْرٌ; (S, M, Msb, K; *) and ↓ سطّر; (M;) and ↓ استطر; (S, M, A, Msb, K;) He wrote (S, M, * A, Msb, K) a writing or book. (M, Msb.) ― -b2- [And سَطَرَ He ruled a book. (See مِسْطَرَةٌ.)] ― -b3- Also سَطَرَ, (TA,) inf. n. as above, (K, TA,) (tropical:) He cut another man with a sword. (K, * TA.) ― -b4- And سَطَرَهُ He prostrated him; threw him down prostrate. (S.)
  • سطّر Form II He composed
    : see 1. ― -b2- Also, inf. n. تَسْطِيرٌ, He composed (M, K) lies, falsehoods, (TA,) or أَسَاطِير, i. e. stories having no foundation, &c. (M.) ― -b3- Also, [not تسطّر as in Gol.,] He said what was false: and he pretended a false thing. (KL.) And سطّر عَلَيْنَا He told us أَسَاطِير, i. e. stories having no foundation; or no right tendency or tenour: (M, K:) or he told us stories resembling falsehoods: (Lth:) or he embellished stories to us with lies: (TA:) or he related to us wonderful stories of the ancients. (A.) And سطّر فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا Such a one told falsehoods to such a one. (Msb.) ― -b4- And سطّرهُ He made him to form wishes, or desires. (Sgh, TA.)
  • اسطر ٱسْمِى Form IV He passed over the line in which was my name
    He passed over the line in which was my name. (Az, K.) ― -b2- And اسطر (tropical:) He committed a mistake, or an error, (Ibn-Buzurj, K, TA,) in his reading, or recitation. (K.)
  • إِسْتَطَرَ Form VIII Open entry
    see 1, first sentence.
  • اسطارّ Form XI It (beverage, or wine,) became what is termed مُِسْطَار or مُسْطَارّ
    , aor. يَسْطَارُّ, [app. signifies It (beverage, or wine,) became what is termed مُِسْطَار or مُسْطَارّ, q. v.] (TA.)
  • سَيْطَرَ عَلَيْنَا He had, or exercised, absolute authority over us
    , (S, M, A, K,) inf. n. سَيْطَرَةٌ; (A;) and سَوْطَرَ; (K;) or سُوطِرَ; (so in a copy of the M; [but see what is said below respecting the pass. form of سَيْطَرَ;]) and ↓ تَسَيْطَرَ; (A, K;) He had, or exercised, absolute authority over us: (M, A, K:) or he was set in absolute authority over us, to oversee us, and to pay frequent attention to our various states or conditions, and to write down our manner of action: (S:) or he acted as a watcher and guardian over us, (M, K, TA,) paying frequent attention to us: (TA:) also written with ص in the place of س; but originally it is with س, from السَّطْرُ: and every س immediately followed by ط may be changed into ص: (TA:) the pass. form of سَيْطَرَ is not used. (T.)
  • تَسَيْطَرَ Open entry
    : see the next preceding paragraph.
  • سَطْرٌ A line
    , (S, M, A, Msb, K,) originally an inf. n., [see 1,] (S,) and ↓ سَطَرٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) A line (S, M, K) of a book or writing: (M, A, K:) and a writing: (S, K:) and (tropical:) a line or row (S, M, A, Msb, K) of buildings, (S, A,) and of trees, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) &c., (Msb, K,) and [particularly] of palm-trees, and the like, (M,) [and so, app., ↓ مُسْطَارٌ, q. v.:] pl. (of the former, S, Msb) أَسْطُرٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and (of the latter, S) أَسْطَارٌ (S, M, A, K) [both pls. of pauc.] and (of the former, S, Msb) سُطُورٌ, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) and أَسَاطِيرُ (Lh, S, M, K) is a pl. pl., (S, K,) i. e. pl. of أَسْطَارٌ. (S.) You say, كَتَبَ سَطْرًا مِنْ كِتَابَةٍ [He wrote a line of writing]: (A:) and بَنَى سَطْرًا (tropical:) He built a row (S, A) مِنْ بِنَايأِهِ [of his building]: (A:) and غَرَسَ سَطْرًا (tropical:) He planted a row (S, A) مِنْ وَدِيِّهِ [of his palm-shoots, or young palm-trees]. (A.) ― -b2- [Hence the saying,] اِجْعَلِ الأَمْرَ سَطْرًا وَاحِدًا (assumed tropical:) Make thou the affair, or case, [uniform, or] one uniform thing. (Fr, TA in art. بأج.) -A2- Also the former, (سَطْرٌ,) A yearling (عَتُودٌ, T, M, K) of goats, (M,) or of sheep or goats: (T, K:) and صَطْرٌ is a dial. var. thereof. (IDrd, M.)
  • سَطَرٌ Open entry
    : see the next preceding paragraph.
  • سُطُرٌ Open entry
    : see أُسْطُورَةٌ.
  • سُطْرَةٌ An object of wish or desire
    (tropical:) An object of wish or desire. (K, TA.) You say, رَاجَعْتُ فُلَانًا وَلَمْ يُسَاعِدْ سُطْرَتِى (tropical:) [I consulted such a one, and he did not aid in the accomplishment of the object of my wish or desire]. (TK.)
  • سَطَّارٌ Open entry
    : see what next follows.

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