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سطر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سَطْرٌ ذ , (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 بِنَائِهِ [ 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.)

Derived headwords

سَطْرٌ
  1. 1.
كَتَبَ سَطْرًا مِنْ كِتَابَةٍ
بَنَى سَطْرًا
مِنْ بِنَائِهِ
غَرَسَ سَطْرًا
مِنْ وَدِيِّهِ
الأَمْرَ سَطْرًا وَاحِدًا