مسطرة

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb سَطَرَ (saṭara), morphologically from the root س ط ر (s-ṭ-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis.tˤa.ra/

Noun

مِسْطَرَة • (misṭara) f (plural مَسَاطِر (masāṭir) or مِسْطَرَات (misṭarāt))

1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)

Declension

Declension of noun مِسْطَرَة (misṭara)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِسْطَرَة misṭara	الْمِسْطَرَة al-misṭara	مِسْطَرَة misṭarat
Nominative	مِسْطَرَةٌ misṭaratun	الْمِسْطَرَةُ al-misṭaratu	مِسْطَرَةُ misṭaratu
Accusative	مِسْطَرَةً misṭaratan	الْمِسْطَرَةَ al-misṭarata	مِسْطَرَةَ misṭarata
Genitive	مِسْطَرَةٍ misṭaratin	الْمِسْطَرَةِ al-misṭarati	مِسْطَرَةِ misṭarati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِسْطَرَتَيْن misṭaratayn	الْمِسْطَرَتَيْن al-misṭaratayn	مِسْطَرَتَيْ misṭaratay
Nominative	مِسْطَرَتَانِ misṭaratāni	الْمِسْطَرَتَانِ al-misṭaratāni	مِسْطَرَتَا misṭaratā
Accusative	مِسْطَرَتَيْنِ misṭaratayni	الْمِسْطَرَتَيْنِ al-misṭaratayni	مِسْطَرَتَيْ misṭaratay
Genitive	مِسْطَرَتَيْنِ misṭaratayni	الْمِسْطَرَتَيْنِ al-misṭaratayni	مِسْطَرَتَيْ misṭaratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَاطِر‎; مِسْطَرَات masāṭir‎; misṭarāt	الْمَسَاطِر‎; الْمِسْطَرَات al-masāṭir‎; al-misṭarāt	مَسَاطِر‎; مِسْطَرَات masāṭir‎; misṭarāt
Nominative	مَسَاطِرُ‎; مِسْطَرَاتٌ masāṭiru‎; misṭarātun	الْمَسَاطِرُ‎; الْمِسْطَرَاتُ al-masāṭiru‎; al-misṭarātu	مَسَاطِرُ‎; مِسْطَرَاتُ masāṭiru‎; misṭarātu
Accusative	مَسَاطِرَ‎; مِسْطَرَاتٍ masāṭira‎; misṭarātin	الْمَسَاطِرَ‎; الْمِسْطَرَاتِ al-masāṭira‎; al-misṭarāti	مَسَاطِرَ‎; مِسْطَرَاتِ masāṭira‎; misṭarāti
Genitive	مَسَاطِرَ‎; مِسْطَرَاتٍ masāṭira‎; misṭarātin	الْمَسَاطِرِ‎; الْمِسْطَرَاتِ al-masāṭiri‎; al-misṭarāti	مَسَاطِرِ‎; مِسْطَرَاتِ masāṭiri‎; misṭarāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN