سيطر

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Arabic[edit]

Root
س ي ط ر (s-y-ṭ-r)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

سَيْطَرَ (sayṭara) Iq, non-past يُسَيْطِرُ‎ (yusayṭiru)

  1. to dominate, gain power [+ عَلَى (object)]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 88:21-22:
      فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ / لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
      faḏakkir ʔinnamā ʔanta muḏakkirun / lasta ʕalayhim bimuṣayṭirin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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