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السبر

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of probing, investigating, or examining, often in a physical sense like checking the depth of a wound. It extends to assessing qualities, origins, and appearances, and also encompasses terms for cold mornings, specific places, historical figures, and types of fabric or writing materials.

Derived headwords

السَّبْرnoun
  1. 1.
    Probing, examinationboth

    The act of testing the depth of a wound or other thing; investigation.

  2. 2.
    Origin, essenceclassical

    The origin, essence, or fundamental nature of something.

  3. 3.
    Color, beauty, formclassical

    The color, beauty, or good form/appearance of something.

استبارnoun
  1. 1.
    Probing, examinationclassical

    Synonymous with السَّبْر (al-sabru), referring to the act of probing or investigating.

الأسَدnoun
  1. 1.
    Origin, essenceclassical

    The origin or essence of something.

المَسْبُورadjective
  1. 1.
    Beautiful, well-formedclassical

    Describing something as beautiful or having a good form/appearance.

السَّبْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Cold morningclassical

    A cold morning, especially in the early part of the day.

سبرة بن أبي سبرةname
  1. 1.
    Companionclassical

    A name of several Companions of the Prophet Muhammad.

السَّبْرِيّname
  1. 1.
    Mufti of Medinaclassical

    A title referring to Abu Bakr bin Abi Sabrah, the Mufti of Medina.

سَبَرْتname
  1. 1.
    Place in Moroccoclassical

    A place name in Morocco.

السَّابِرِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    Fine fabricboth

    A fine, good quality thin fabric.

  2. 2.
    Fine datesclassical

    Good quality dates.

  3. 3.
    Fine armorclassical

    A finely woven and well-made coat of mail or armor.

سابورname
  1. 1.
    King's nameclassical

    A king's name, a Persianized form of Shahpur.

  2. 2.
    Region in Persiaclassical

    A region in Persia, with its capital city being Nūbandijān.

السَّبْرُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Poor personclassical

    A poor or destitute person.

  2. 2.
    Barren landclassical

    Land that has no vegetation.

السِّبَارnoun
  1. 1.
    Probing instrumentclassical

    An instrument used to probe or test the depth of a wound.

المِسْبَارnoun
  1. 1.
    Probing instrumentboth

    An instrument used to probe or test the depth of a wound.

السَّبَارِيّname
  1. 1.
    Historianclassical

    A name referring to Abd al-Malik bin Abd al-Rahman al-Sabari, a narrator of history.

طائرnoun
  1. 1.
    Birdclassical

    A type of bird, possibly referring to a specific species like a quail or partridge.

بئر عاديةnoun
  1. 1.
    Old wellclassical

    An old well belonging to the tribe Taym al-Rabab.

كَبْقَمname
  1. 1.
    Duneclassical

    A sand dune located between Badr and Medina.

تَنُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Writing tabletclassical

    A strip of wood or tablet used for writing, which would be erased when no longer needed.

المِسْبَئِرّadjective
  1. 1.
    Disappearing into the nightclassical

    Describing someone or something that vanishes into the night.

Parallel reading

السَّبْر: امتحان غور الجرح وغيره
Al-sabru: testing the depth of a wound and other things.
والأسد، والأصل، واللون، والجمال، والهيئة الحسنة
And the origin, the essence, the color, the beauty, and the good form.
ويكسر في الأربعة
And it is pronounced with kasra in these four [meanings].
والمسبور: الحسنها
And al-masbūr: its beauty.
وبالكسر: العداوة، والسبة
And with kasra: enmity, and disgrace.
والسبرة، بالفتح: الغداة الباردة
And al-sabrah, with fatha: the cold morning.
وسبرة بن أبي سبرة، وابن عمرو، وابن فاتك، وابن الفاكه: صحابيون
And Sabrah bin Abi Sabrah, and Ibn Amr, and Ibn Fatik, and Ibn al-Fakih: Companions.
وأبو بكر بن أبي سبرة السبري: مفتي المدينة
And Abu Bakr bin Abi Sabrah al-Sabri: the Mufti of Medina.
وسبرت، (كزبرج) : د بالمغرب
And Sabart, (like Zubruj): a place in the Maghreb.
والسابري: ثوب رقيق جيد
And al-Sabiri: a fine, thin garment.
وتمر طيب ودرع دقيقة النسج في إحكام
And good dates, and a finely woven and well-made coat of mail.
وسابور: ملك، معرب شاهبور، وكورة بفارس مدينتها نوبندجان
And Sabur: a king, a Persianized form of Shahpur, and a region in Persia whose city is Nūbandijān.
وأحمد بن عبد الله بن سابور، وعبد الله بن محمد بن سابور الشيرازي: محدثان
And Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Sabur, and Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Sabur al-Shirazi: narrators of hadith.
والسبرور: الفقير، وأرض لا نبات بها
And al-Sabrūr: the poor person, and land without vegetation.
والمسبار: ما يسبر به الجرح
And al-Mispār: what is used to probe the wound.
وعبد الملك بن عبد الرحمن السباري: حدث بتاريخ بخارى عن مؤلفه غنجار
And Abd al-Malik bin Abd al-Rahman al-Sabari: narrated the history of Bukhara from its author Ghunjār.
وكصرد وقترة: طائر
And like Qasrad and Qutrah: a bird.
وكصرد أو قترة أو زبير: بئر عادية لتيم الرباب
And like Qasrad or Qutrah or Zubayr: an old well of Taym al-Rabab.
وكبقم: كثيب بين بدر والمدينة
And Kabqam: a dune between Badr and Medina.
وكتنومة: جريدة من الألواح يكتب عليها، فإذا استغنوا عنها، محوها
And Tanūmah: a strip from tablets on which one writes, and when they no longer needed it, they erased it.
والمسبئر، كمقشعر: الذاهب تحت الليل
And al-Misp'irr, like Miqsh'irr: one who goes into the night.