صبر

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See also: ص ب ر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ص ب ر (ṣ-b-r).

Pronunciation

Verb

صَبَرَ (ṣabara) I, non-past يَصْبِرُ‎ (yaṣbiru)

  1. to be patient, to have patience
  2. to bind, to tie, to fetter, to shackle
  3. to persevere, to endure
  4. to refrain, to abstain, to renounce

Conjugation

Verb

صَبَّرَ (ṣabbara) II, non-past يُصَبِّرُ‎ (yuṣabbiru)

  1. to ask to be patient, to admonish to be patient
  2. to console, to comfort
  3. to conserve
  4. to preserve, to can
Conjugation

Noun

صَبْر (ṣabrm

  1. verbal noun of صَبَرَ (ṣabara) (form I)
  2. fettering, shackling
  3. patience, forbearance
  4. composure, self-control
  5. equanimity, steadfastness
  6. perseverance, endurance, hardiness
Declension

Descendants

  • Bashkir: сабыр (sabır, patience)
  • Malay: sabar
  • Persian: صبر
  • Turkish: sabır
  • Uyghur: سەۋر (sewr)
  • Uzbek: sabr

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

صَبِر or صَبْر (ṣabir or ṣabrm

  1. aloe
    Synonym: أَلْوَة (ʔalwa)
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: սապռ (sapṙ), սապր (sapr)
    • Armenian: սապռ (sapṙ), սապր (sapr, bitter substance spread on nipples to wean off babies) (dialectal)
  • Ottoman Turkish: صبر (sabır)
  • Persian: صبر (sabir)

Etymology 3

Verb

صَبَّرَ (ṣabbara) II, non-past يُصَبِّرُ‎ (yuṣabbiru)

  1. (nautical) to ballast
Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “صبر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 476–477
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “صبر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 1305–1306
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صبر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صبر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 693–694

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr).

Noun

صبر (sabr)

  1. patience
  2. tolerance