صبار

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Etymology 1

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Variant of صَبْر (ṣabr), صَبِر (ṣabir, aloe), also vocalized صِبْر (ṣibr) and صِبَر (ṣibar) in al-Andalus—compare for this formation the relation of شَجَر (šajar), شِجَر (šijar), شِجَار (šijār, figs); on their root pages either exposed as Aramaic borrowings.

Noun

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صَبَّار or صُبَّار (ṣabbār or ṣubbārm (collective, singulative صَبَّارَة f (ṣabbāra) or صُبَّارَة (ṣubbāra))

  1. cactus
  2. (proscribed) alternative form of صَبِر (ṣabir, aloe, aloe vera)
  3. (obsolete) tamarind
    Synonyms: حُمَر (ḥumar), تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Abū Ḥanīfa ad-Dīnawarī to this entry?)
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Etymology 2

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Root
ص ب ر (ṣ b r)
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Adjective

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صَبَّار (ṣabbār) (feminine صَبَّارَة (ṣabbāra), masculine plural صَبَّارُونَ (ṣabbārūna), feminine plural صَبَّارَات (ṣabbārāt))

  1. frequently patient
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 14:5:
      وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ أَنْ أَخْرِجْ قَوْمَكَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ وَذَكِّرْهُم بِأَيَّـٰمِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍۢ شَكُورٍۢ ٥
      Indeed, We sent Moses with Our signs, ˹ordering him,˺ “Lead your people out of darkness and into light, and remind them of Allah’s days ˹of favour˺.” Surely in this are signs for whoever is steadfast, grateful.
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Noun

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صِبَار (ṣibārm

  1. verbal noun of صَابَرَ (ṣābara) (form III)
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