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صَبِرٌ ذ (S, M, Msb, K) and ↓ صَبْرٌ , which latter is allowable only in cases of necessity in poetry, (S, Msb, K,) or it is allowable in other cases, as also ↓ صِبْرٌ , agreeably with analogy, (Ibn-Es-Seed, Msb,) [Aloes;] a certain bitter medicine; (S, Mgh, Msb;) the expressed juice of a certain bitter tree; (M, K;) the expressed juice of a certain tree of which the leaves are like the sheaths of knives, long and thick, with a dusty and dull hue in their greenness, of rough appearance, from the midst of which there comes forth a stalk whereon is a yellow flower, ثمد [but what this means I know not] in odour; (Lth, TA;) it grows like the green سُوسَن [or lily], save that the leaves of the صبر are longer and broader and much thicker, and it contains very much juice; (AHn, M, O, TA;) it is crushed and thrown into the presses, then bruised with pieces of wood, and trodden with the feet until its expressed juice flows, when it is left until it thickens, then it is put into leathern bags, and exposed to the sun until it dries: (AHn, O:) the best sort is the سُقُطْرِىّ [i. e. of the Island of Sukutrà]: and it is also known by the name of ↓ صَبَّارَةٌ [a name now applied to the plant]: (TA:) the n. un. is صَبِرَةٌ [and صَبْرَةٌ and صِبْرَةٌ]: and the pl. is صُبُورٌ. (M, TA.) ― -b2- [Accord. to Freytag, it signifies also Myrrh: but for this I know not any authority.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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