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)
2. procedure (set of established forms or methods of an organized body)
   • 2013 June 12, “الحكومة تعتزم تفويت أزيد من 56 ألف هكتار من أراضي الدولة”, in Hespress‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 October 2022:

     إِلَى ذَٰلِكَ شَدَّدَ وَزِيرُ ٱلْمِيزَانِيَّةِ عَلَى ضَرُورَةِ تَفْعِيلِ ٱلْمَسَاطِرِ ٱلْإِدَارِيَّةِ ٱلْمُنَظِّمَةِ لِتَدْبِيرِ ٱلْمِلْكِ ٱلْخَاصِّ لِلدَّوْلَةِ كَٱلتَّخْصِيصِ بِٱلنِّسْبَةِ لِلْحَالَاتِ ٱلَّتِي تَهُمُّ ٱلْإِدَارَاتِ وَٱلتَّجْهِيزَاتِ ٱلْعُمُومِيَّةِ وَٱلتَّفْوِيتِ بِٱلنِّسْبَةِ لِلْجَمَاعَاتِ ٱلْمَحَلِّيَّةِ وَٱلْمُؤَسَّسَاتِ ٱلْعُمُومِيَّةِ، […]

     ʔilā ḏālika šaddada wazīru l-mīzāniyyati ʕalā ḍarūrati tafʕīli l-masāṭiri l-ʔidāriyyati l-munaẓẓimati litadbīri l-milki l-ḵāṣṣi li-d-dawlati ka-t-taḵṣīṣi bi-n-nisbati lilḥālāti llatī tahummu l-ʔidārāti wat-tajhīzāti l-ʕumūmiyyati wat-tafwīti bi-n-nisbati liljamāʕāti l-maḥalliyyati wal-muʔassasāti l-ʕumūmiyyati, […]

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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

Descendants

• → Swahili: mstari (“line”)

References

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

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْطَرَة (misṭara).

Noun

مسطرة • (masṭara) f (plural مساطر (masāṭir))

1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س ط ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْطَرَة (misṭara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis.tˤa.ra/, [mɪsˤ.tˤa.ra]

Noun

مسطرة • (misṭara) f (plural مساطر (masāṭir))

1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْطَرَة (misṭara).

Noun

مسطرة • (másṭara) f (plural مساطر (masāṭer))

1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)