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سطن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being tall, elevated, or a cylinder. It encompasses nouns for cylindrical objects and adjectives describing height or elevation.

Derived headwords

اسطوانةnoun
  1. 1.
    cylinderboth

    A solid geometric shape with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section. It can also refer to any object with this shape.

أسطينnoun
  1. 1.
    cylindersboth

    The plural form of 'isṭuwānah', referring to multiple cylindrical objects.

مسطنةadjective
  1. 1.
    cylindricalclassical

    Having the shape of a cylinder.

أسطوانadjective
  1. 1.
    elevatedclassical

    Tall, high, or raised up.

أسطوانnoun
  1. 1.
    heightclassical

    A state of being tall or elevated; a high place.

Parallel reading

الاسطوانة معروفة
The cylinder is well-known.
وهو أفعوالة مثل أقحوانة
And it is on the pattern 'af'ū'ālah' like 'uqḥuwānah'.
لانه يقال أساطين مسطنة
Because it is said 'asāṭīn' (pl.) being 'musṭanah' (cylindrical).
وكان الاخفش يقول: هو فعلوانة
And Al-Akhfash used to say: it is on the pattern 'fa'luwānah'.
وقال قوم: هو أفعلانة
And some said: it is on the pattern 'af'ilānah'.
ولو كان كذلك لما جمع على أساطين
And if it were so, it would not be pluralized as 'asāṭīn'.
لانه ليس في الكلام أفاعين
Because there is no 'afā'īn' in the language.
جمل أسطوان
A camel was tall/elevated.
أي مرتفع
Meaning elevated.
وقال: جربن مني أسطوانا أعنقا
And he said: 'They tested from me a tall, long-necked one' (referring to a camel).