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ثبر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of steadfastness, perseverance, and holding back or restraining. It also extends to meanings related to destruction, loss, and specific geographical or topographical features.

Derived headwords

المثابرةnoun
  1. 1.
    perseverance, diligenceboth

    perseverance, diligence

يثبرverb
  1. 1.
    To restrainboth

    To hold someone back or prevent them from doing something.

ثبرnoun
  1. 1.
    Restraintclassical

    The act of holding back or preventing.

  2. 2.
    Easy groundclassical

    Level, soft, or easily workable land, suitable for cultivation.

  3. 3.
    Holeclassical

    A pit or depression in the ground.

الثبرةnoun
  1. 1.
    Easy groundclassical

    Level, soft, or easily workable land, suitable for cultivation.

  2. 2.
    Holeclassical

    A pit or depression in the ground.

  3. 3.
    Place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

وثبيرname
  1. 1.
    Mount Thabirclassical

    A mountain located in Mecca, often invoked in poetry.

الثبورnoun
  1. 1.
    destructionboth

    destruction

  2. 2.
    lossboth

    loss

مثبورadjective
  1. 1.
    Destroyedclassical

    Having met with ruin or perdition; lost.

  2. 2.
    Ruinedclassical

    In a state of utter loss or detriment.

المثبرnoun
  1. 1.
    Place of birthclassical

    The spot on the ground where a woman gives birth, or a she-camel delivers her young.

  2. 2.
    Sitting placeclassical

    A place where a man sits, by extension.

Parallel reading

المثابرة على الشئ: المواظبة عليه.
Perseverance in a matter means to be diligent in it.
وثبره عن كذا يثبره بالضم ثبرا، أي حبسه.
And 'thabara-hu' (he restrained him) from something, 'yathbiruhu' (he restrains him) with damma, means he imprisoned him.
ما ثبرك عن حاجتك؟
What restrained you from your need?
والثبرة: الأرض السهلة.
And 'ath-thabarah' is the easy ground.
يقال: بلغت النخلة إلى ثبرة من الأرض.
It is said: The palm tree reached an easy ground.
والثبرة أيضا: حفرة من الارض.
And 'ath-thabarah' is also a hole in the ground.
والثبرة أيضا: اسم موضع.
And 'ath-thabarah' is also a place name.
وثبير: جبل بمكة.
And Thabir is a mountain in Mecca.
أشرق ثبير، كيما نغير.
Thabir has dawned, so let us change (i.e., attack).
والثبور: الهلاك والخسران أيضا.
And 'ath-thaboor' is destruction and also loss.
ورأت قضاعة في الأيام من رأي مثبور وثابر.
And Quda'ah saw in the days a ruinous and lost opinion.
يعني في انتسابها إلى اليمن.
Meaning in their lineage to Yemen.
والمثبر، مثال المجلس: الموضع الذى تلد فيه المرأة من الأرض، وكذلك حيث تضع الناقة.
And 'al-mathbar', like 'al-majlis', is the place on the ground where a woman gives birth, and likewise where a she-camel delivers.
وربما قيل لمجلس الرجل مثبر.
And sometimes a man's sitting place is called 'mathbar'.