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صَبْر
patience /ˈsˤabr/
nounB2#3061 most common
Also: endurance, perseverance, forbearance
Example sentences
الصَّبْرُ مُهِمٌّ.
Patience is important.
أَحْتَاجُ إِلَى الصَّبْرِ.
I need patience.
الصَّبْرُ مِفْتَاحُ الفَرَجِ.
Patience is the key to relief.
صَبَرَتِ الأُمُّ عَلَى مَرَضِ ابْنِهَا بِصَبْرٍ عَظِيمٍ.
The mother bore her son's illness with great patience.
يَتَطَلَّبُ النَّجَاحُ فِي هَذَا المَجَالِ صَبْرًا طَوِيلًا وَاجْتِهَادًا مُسْتَمِرًّا.
Success in this field requires long patience and steady effort.
عَلَّمَتْنِي التَّجَارِبُ أَنَّ الصَّبْرَ عَلَى الشَّدَائِدِ هُوَ سِرُّ النُّضْجِ الحَقِيقِيِّ.
Experience taught me that patience through hardship is the secret of real maturity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صَبْرٌ | None |
| Genitive | صَبْرٍ | None |
| Accusative | صَبْرًا | None |
| Vocative | يَا صَبْرُ | None |
Word family
صَبَرَto be patient, to endure
صَابِرpatient, enduring
صَبُورvery patient, long-sufferingصَبَّارprickly pear cactus
اِصْطِبَارperseverance, sustained endurance
Etymology
Ṣabr comes from the Semitic root ṣ-b-r, whose core sense is to hold back or restrain. Arabic extended this physical sense of restraint to the emotional discipline of patience: holding oneself back from complaint, panic, or haste. The same root gives ṣabbār, the prickly pear cactus, named for its ability to endure drought.
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