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سُتْرَة

jacket /ˈsut.ra/

nounB1#1803 most common

Also: vest, coat, blazer

Example sentences

هَذِهِ سُتْرَة.
This is a jacket.
أَيْنَ سُتْرَتِي؟
Where is my jacket?
اِشْتَرَيْتُ سُتْرَةً جَدِيدَة.
I bought a new jacket.
اِرْتَدِ السُّتْرَةَ لِأَنَّ الجَوَّ بَارِد.
Put on the jacket because the weather is cold.
نَسِيتُ سُتْرَتِي فِي المَطْعَمِ أَمْسِ.
I forgot my jacket at the restaurant yesterday.
يَجِبُ عَلَى كُلِّ رَاكِبٍ أَنْ يَرْتَدِيَ سُتْرَةَ النَّجَاةِ قَبْلَ الإِبْحَار.
Every passenger must wear a life jacket before sailing.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeسُتْرَةٌسُتَرٌ
Genitiveسُتْرَةٍسُتَرٍ
Accusativeسُتْرَةًسُتَرًا
Vocativeيَا سُتْرَةُيَا سُتَرُ

Word family

سَتَرَto cover, conceal
سَتْرcovering, concealment
سِتَارcurtain, screen
مَسْتُورcovered, hidden
سُتْرَة النَّجَاةlife jacket

Etymology

The word comes from the Arabic root س-ت-ر (s-t-r), which means to cover or conceal. A سُتْرَة is therefore a thing that covers the body. The same root gives words for curtains and screens.

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