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سِتارَة
curtain /siˈtaː.ra/
nounB2#3424 most common
Also: screen, drape
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ سِتارَةٌ جَميلَةٌ.
This is a beautiful curtain.
أَغْلَقْتُ السِّتارَةَ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ.
I closed the curtain before sleeping.
اِشْتَرَتْ أُمّي سِتارَةً جَديدَةً لِلْمَطْبَخِ.
My mother bought a new curtain for the kitchen.
عِنْدَما اِرْتَفَعَتِ السِّتارَةُ، بَدَأَ العَرْضُ المَسْرَحِيُّ.
When the curtain rose, the stage show began.
كانَتِ الرِّياحُ تُحَرِّكُ السِّتارَةَ بِرِفْقٍ عَبْرَ النّافِذَةِ المَفْتوحَةِ.
The wind gently stirred the curtain through the open window.
أَسْدَلَ المُخْرِجُ السِّتارَةَ في اللَّحْظَةِ الَّتي بَلَغَتْ فيها الدِّراما ذُروَتَها، تارِكًا الجُمهورَ في تَرَقُّبٍ.
The director drew the curtain at the moment the drama reached its peak, leaving the audience in suspense.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سِتارَةٌ | سَتائِرُ |
| Genitive | سِتارَةٍ | سَتائِرَ |
| Accusative | سِتارَةً | سَتائِرَ |
| Vocative | يا سِتارَةُ | يا سَتائِرُ |
Word family
سِتْرcover, veil, concealment
سَتَرَto cover, conceal, veil
سَتائِرcurtains (plural)
مُسْتَتِرhidden, concealed
ستارcurtain, screen
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root س-ت-ر (s-t-r), which carries the sense of covering, concealing, or veiling. From this root Arabic built سِتْر (a cover or veil) and the verb سَتَرَ (to cover, to hide). سِتارَة takes the فِعالة pattern, common for nouns naming a concrete object tied to an action, and names the physical cloth that covers or screens something.
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