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ص-ب-ر

patience

A2ElementaryAppears 103 times in the Quran

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فَعْل
Short noun فَعْل
فَعْل = the act, or a basic thing
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- صَبْرٌ
  patience
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فَعَلَ
Form I verb (a)
فَعَلَ = the plain action, 'he did it'
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- صَبَرَ
  to be patient, bear with
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  يَصْبِرُ
  Command
  اِصْبِرْ
  اِصْبِرْ! be patient; wait a moment
فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- صَابِرٌ
  patient (person)
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  Feminine
  صَابِرَةٌ
فَعُول
Intensive فَعُول
فَعُول = does it a lot
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- صَبُورٌ
  very patient (الصَّبُور, a name of God)
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فَعَّال
Profession / intensive فَعَّال
فَعَّال = the professional who does it all day
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- صَبَّارٌ
  cactus (the plant that endures)
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تَفَعَّلَ
Form V verb
تَفَعَّلَ = do form II to yourself
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- تَصَبَّرَ
  to force oneself to be patient
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  يَتَصَبَّرُ

How the patterns shape this root

صَبْر is patience, a central value: اِصْبِرْ, be patient, is also 'wait a moment' in a queue or on the phone. The verb is صَبَرَ، يَصْبِرُ; the patient person is صَابِر (فَاعِل), and the very patient one صَبُور (فَعُول), one of the names of God. The intensive pattern فَعَّال gives صَبَّار, the cactus, which endures the desert; form V تَصَبَّرَ is to make yourself bear it.

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