Quranic root
ستت
s · t · t
The lexical field is centered on the cardinal number six and its numerical extensions.
The numeral is explained as historically related to سُدْس or سِدْس, with the original د changed and incorporated into ت; the same numerical base gives sixty and related ordinal and compound forms.
- Maqāyīs · row 2355
- Mufradāt · row 659
- Lane · entry 40169
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
سِتَّةٌ
sittahun
- Part of speech
- Cardinal numeral
- Quran occurrences
- 7 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
The cardinal number six.
Used as a counted quantity; Quranic occurrences include expressions such as “six days,” with inflection determined by the syntactic construction.
- Lane · entry 40169
- Mufradāt · row 659
Selected Quran examples
Quran 7:54word 9
“six”
Quran 10:3word 9
“six”
سِتُّونَ
sittūna
- Part of speech
- Cardinal numeral
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
The cardinal number sixty.
Used as a counted quantity; the Quranic occurrence is the inflected form سِتِّينَ in the expression “sixty needy persons.”
- Lane · entry 40170
- Mufradāt · row 659
Selected Quran examples
Quran 58:4word 15
“(of) sixty”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 8 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 8 Classical meanings
سَتَّهُ
To attribute or impute a fault or defect to someone; to charge or accuse someone of it.
A transitive verb concerning the assignment of blame or a defect to another person.
- Lane · entry 40165
سَتٌّ
Foul or evil speech or language.
- Lane · entry 40167
سَتٌّ
A fault, defect, or similar shortcoming.
- Lane · entry 40167
سِتِّى
A dialectal or vulgar vocative addressed to a woman, meaning “my lady” or “my mistress.”
The expression is disputed in the lexical tradition: it is also explained through an interpretation involving the six surrounding positions, while some authorities regard it as incorrect or as a contraction of سَيِّدَتِي.
- Lane · entry 40168
سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ
Sixteen, in the compound numeral سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ.
An indeclinable compound numeral; dialectal pronunciation may vary.
- Lane · entry 40169
سِتُّمِائَةٍ
Six hundred, in the compound numeral سِتُّمِائَةٍ.
A compound numerical construction conventionally written as a single connected expression.
- Lane · entry 40169
سِتُّونَ
The sixtieth.
An ordinal or fractional extension of the numeral sixty, distinct from its cardinal sense.
- Lane · entry 40170
سَاتٌّ
Sixth.
An ordinal formation used alongside سَادِسٌ and related variants.
- Lane · entry 40171
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The canonical QAC root ستت is matched to the contracted Lane and Maqayis heading ست by the supplied geminate-contraction correspondence.
The dialectal expression سِتِّى is lexically disputed and is presented with its reported alternative analyses rather than treated as an unqualified standard form.