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سَتِيرٌ

Root: ستر

Full Definition

سَتِيرٌ and مَسْتُورٌ , applied to a man, and سَتِيرَةٌ and سَتِيرٌ and , applied to a girl or female, [properly Veiled, concealed, or covered.
2 And hence,] Modest; bashful; chaste: pl. of سَتِيرٌ, as masc., سُتَرَآءُ; and of مَسْتُورٌ , [مَسْتُورُونَ and] مَسَاتِيرُ; and, app. of سَتِيرٌ [as fem.] and سَتِيرَةٌ also, سَتَائِرُ; and the pl. of is سَتِرَاتٌ only, accord. to a rule laid down by Sb.
3 شَجَرٌ سَتِيرٌ Trees having many boughs or branches.

def.2 سَتِيرٌ applied to God is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ, meaning Veiling, or protecting; a veiler, or protector.
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