سبر

Arabic

Pronunciation
  • Verb: IPA(key): /sa.ba.ra/
  • Noun 1: IPA(key): /sabr/
  • Noun 2: IPA(key): /sibr/

Etymology 1
Root
س ب ر (s-b-r)

From Aramaic סְבַר (sḇar) in a very narrow meaning, apparently only back-formed from سِبَار (sibār), مِسْبَار (misbār), مِسْبَر (misbar, “probe”).

Verb

سَبَرَ • (sabara) I, non-past يَسْبُرُ or يَسْبِرُ‎ (yasburu or yasbiru) (transitive)

  1. to probe into (a hole, like a well) so as to measure its depth; to guage; to sound
    Synonym: قَاسَ (qāsa)
    1. (figurative) to probe into (someone) as if measuring him; to guage; to sound; to judge; to weigh up
Conjugation
Conjugation of
سَبَرَ
(form-I sound, verbal noun سَبْر)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر
sabr
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
سَابِر

sābir
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
مَسْبُور

masbūr
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد		 dual
الْمُثَنَّى		 plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي		 m
سَبَرْتُ

sabartu
سَبَرْتَ

sabarta
sabara
سَبَرْتُمَا

sabartumā
سَبَرَا

sabarā
سَبَرْنَا

sabarnā
سَبَرْتُمْ

sabartum
سَبَرُوا

sabarū
f
سَبَرْتِ

sabarti
سَبَرَتْ

sabarat
سَبَرَتَا

sabaratā
سَبَرْتُنَّ

sabartunna
سَبَرْنَ

sabarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع		 m
أَسْبِرُ

ʔasbiru
تَسْبِرُ

tasbiru
يَسْبِرُ

yasbiru
تَسْبِرَانِ

tasbirāni
يَسْبِرَانِ

yasbirāni
نَسْبِرُ

nasbiru
تَسْبِرُونَ

tasbirūna
يَسْبِرُونَ

yasbirūna
f
تَسْبِرِينَ

tasbirīna
تَسْبِرُ

tasbiru
تَسْبِرَانِ

tasbirāni
تَسْبِرْنَ

tasbirna
يَسْبِرْنَ

yasbirna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب		 m
أَسْبِرَ

ʔasbira
تَسْبِرَ

tasbira
يَسْبِرَ

yasbira
تَسْبِرَا

tasbirā
يَسْبِرَا

yasbirā
نَسْبِرَ

nasbira
تَسْبِرُوا

tasbirū
يَسْبِرُوا

yasbirū
f
تَسْبِرِي

tasbirī
تَسْبِرَ

tasbira
تَسْبِرَا

tasbirā
تَسْبِرْنَ

tasbirna
يَسْبِرْنَ

yasbirna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم		 m
أَسْبِرْ

ʔasbir
تَسْبِرْ

tasbir
يَسْبِرْ

yasbir
تَسْبِرَا

tasbirā
يَسْبِرَا

yasbirā
نَسْبِرْ

nasbir
تَسْبِرُوا

tasbirū
يَسْبِرُوا

yasbirū
f
تَسْبِرِي

tasbirī
تَسْبِرْ

tasbir
تَسْبِرَا

tasbirā
تَسْبِرْنَ

tasbirna
يَسْبِرْنَ

yasbirna
imperative
الْأَمْر		 m
اِسْبِرْ

isbir
اِسْبِرَا

isbirā
اِسْبِرُوا

isbirū
f
اِسْبِرِي

isbirī
اِسْبِرْنَ

isbirna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد		 dual
الْمُثَنَّى		 plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي		 m
سُبِرْتُ

subirtu
سُبِرْتَ

subirta
subira
سُبِرْتُمَا

subirtumā
سُبِرَا

subirā
سُبِرْنَا

subirnā
سُبِرْتُمْ

subirtum
سُبِرُوا

subirū
f
سُبِرْتِ

subirti
سُبِرَتْ

subirat
سُبِرَتَا

subiratā
سُبِرْتُنَّ

subirtunna
سُبِرْنَ

subirna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع		 m
أُسْبَرُ

ʔusbaru
تُسْبَرُ

tusbaru
يُسْبَرُ

yusbaru
تُسْبَرَانِ

tusbarāni
يُسْبَرَانِ

yusbarāni
نُسْبَرُ

nusbaru
تُسْبَرُونَ

tusbarūna
يُسْبَرُونَ

yusbarūna
f
تُسْبَرِينَ

tusbarīna
تُسْبَرُ

tusbaru
تُسْبَرَانِ

tusbarāni
تُسْبَرْنَ

tusbarna
يُسْبَرْنَ

yusbarna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب		 m
أُسْبَرَ

ʔusbara
تُسْبَرَ

tusbara
يُسْبَرَ

yusbara
تُسْبَرَا

tusbarā
يُسْبَرَا

yusbarā
نُسْبَرَ

nusbara
تُسْبَرُوا

tusbarū
يُسْبَرُوا

yusbarū
f
تُسْبَرِي

tusbarī
تُسْبَرَ

tusbara
تُسْبَرَا

tusbarā
تُسْبَرْنَ

tusbarna
يُسْبَرْنَ

yusbarna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم		 m
أُسْبَرْ

ʔusbar
تُسْبَرْ

tusbar
يُسْبَرْ

yusbar
تُسْبَرَا

tusbarā
يُسْبَرَا

yusbarā
نُسْبَرْ

nusbar
تُسْبَرُوا

tusbarū
يُسْبَرُوا

yusbarū
f
تُسْبَرِي

tusbarī
تُسْبَرْ

tusbar
تُسْبَرَا

tusbarā
تُسْبَرْنَ

tusbarna
يُسْبَرْنَ

yusbarna

Etymology 2
Root
س ب ر (s-b-r)

Noun

سَبْر • (sabr) m

  1. verbal noun of سَبَر (sabar) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun سَبْر (sabr)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَبْر
sabr		 السَّبْر
as-sabr		 سَبْر
sabr
Nominative سَبْرٌ
sabrun		 السَّبْرُ
as-sabru		 سَبْرُ
sabru
Accusative سَبْرًا
sabran		 السَّبْرَ
as-sabra		 سَبْرَ
sabra
Genitive سَبْرٍ
sabrin		 السَّبْرِ
as-sabri		 سَبْرِ
sabri

Noun

سَبْر or سِبْر • (sabr or sibr) m (plural أَسْبَار (ʔasbār)) (countable)

  1. mien
    Synonym: هَيْئَة (hayʔa)
Declension
Declension of noun سَبْر (sabr)‎; سِبْر (sibr)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَبْر‎; سِبْر
sabr‎; sibr		 السَّبْر‎; السِّبْر
as-sabr‎; as-sibr		 سَبْر‎; سِبْر
sabr‎; sibr
Nominative سَبْرٌ‎; سِبْرٌ
sabrun‎; sibrun		 السَّبْرُ‎; السِّبْرُ
as-sabru‎; as-sibru		 سَبْرُ‎; سِبْرُ
sabru‎; sibru
Accusative سَبْرًا‎; سِبْرًا
sabran‎; sibran		 السَّبْرَ‎; السِّبْرَ
as-sabra‎; as-sibra		 سَبْرَ‎; سِبْرَ
sabra‎; sibra
Genitive سَبْرٍ‎; سِبْرٍ
sabrin‎; sibrin		 السَّبْرِ‎; السِّبْرِ
as-sabri‎; as-sibri		 سَبْرِ‎; سِبْرِ
sabri‎; sibri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَبْرَيْن‎; سِبْرَيْن
sabrayn‎; sibrayn		 السَّبْرَيْن‎; السِّبْرَيْن
as-sabrayn‎; as-sibrayn		 سَبْرَيْ‎; سِبْرَيْ
sabray‎; sibray
Nominative سَبْرَانِ‎; سِبْرَانِ
sabrāni‎; sibrāni		 السَّبْرَانِ‎; السِّبْرَانِ
as-sabrāni‎; as-sibrāni		 سَبْرَا‎; سِبْرَا
sabrā‎; sibrā
Accusative سَبْرَيْنِ‎; سِبْرَيْنِ
sabrayni‎; sibrayni		 السَّبْرَيْنِ‎; السِّبْرَيْنِ
as-sabrayni‎; as-sibrayni		 سَبْرَيْ‎; سِبْرَيْ
sabray‎; sibray
Genitive سَبْرَيْنِ‎; سِبْرَيْنِ
sabrayni‎; sibrayni		 السَّبْرَيْنِ‎; السِّبْرَيْنِ
as-sabrayni‎; as-sibrayni		 سَبْرَيْ‎; سِبْرَيْ
sabray‎; sibray
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَسْبَار
ʔasbār		 الْأَسْبَار
al-ʔasbār		 أَسْبَار
ʔasbār
Nominative أَسْبَارٌ
ʔasbārun		 الْأَسْبَارُ
al-ʔasbāru		 أَسْبَارُ
ʔasbāru
Accusative أَسْبَارًا
ʔasbāran		 الْأَسْبَارَ
al-ʔasbāra		 أَسْبَارَ
ʔasbāra
Genitive أَسْبَارٍ
ʔasbārin		 الْأَسْبَارِ
al-ʔasbāri		 أَسْبَارِ
ʔasbāri

Further reading
  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 612–613
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 261
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سبر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 277b
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “سبر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1043a
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “سبر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1293
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سبر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 478a
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سبر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 458a

Burushaski

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sabur]

Adverb

سبر (sabur)

  1. yesterday
    Synonym: ساٹݵ (saaṭi)

References
  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “sabur”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.
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