صبار

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.

صَبَّار or صُبَّار • (ṣabbār or ṣubbār) m (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?)

• Maltese: sabbara
• → Catalan: atzavara
• → Hebrew: צַבָּר (ṣabbār)
• → Portuguese: acibara
• → Sicilian: zabbara, zammara
• → Old Spanish: azabara
  • Spanish: alcibara, acibara, alcibera, alzabara, alzavara, cimbara (Murcian and Andalusi)
  • Spanish: zabila, zabida, zábila, zábida

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.

صِبَار • (ṣibār) m

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