sabır
/sabɯr/
Definitions
1. patience, forbearance, self-restraint
- sabır bla işni boşadı — he finished the work with patience
- sabırı köb adamdı — he is a person of great patience
- sabır adamnı jolu uzaq bolur — the road of a patient person will be long
2. calm, unhurried, even-tempered
- sabır awaz bla söleşdi — he spoke in a calm voice
- sabır jaş qartlanı sözüne tıngılaydı — a calm young man listens to the word of his elders
- sabır söz jürekni jumuşatadı — a calm word softens the heart
Related
sabırçıqdiminutivea little patience, a short forbearance
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or .As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sabırthe patience | sabırlathe patiences | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | sabırnıthe patience's | sabırlanıthe patiences' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | sabırnıthe patience (as the object) | sabırlanıthe patiences (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | sabırğato the patience | sabırlağato the patiences | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | sabırdaat / in the patience | sabırladaat / in the patiences | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | sabırdanfrom the patience | sabırladanfrom the patiences | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | sabırımmy patience | sabırlarımmy patiences |
| your | sabırıngyour patience | sabırlarıngyour patiences |
| his / her | sabırıhis / her patience | sabırlarıhis / her patiences |
| our | sabırıbızour patience | sabırlarıbızour patiences |
| you all's | sabırığızyou all's patience | sabırlarığızyou all's patiences |
| their | sabırlarıtheir patience | sabırlarıtheir patiences |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sabırları can mean "his / her patiences", "their patience", or "their patiences" — context decides.
As an adjective
Degrees
| base form | sabırcalm |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | sabırıraqcalmer |
| intensifier — very | bek sabırvery calm |
| superlative — most | em sabırthe calmest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden sabırdı — "compared to me, he is calm."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men sabırmaI am calm | biz sabırbızwe are calm |
| 2nd person | sen sabırsayou are calm | siz sabırsızyou all are calm |
| 3rd person | ol sabırdıhe / she / it is calm | ala sabırdılathey are calm |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu sabırdıthis is calm | bıla sabırdılathese are calm |
| that / those | ol sabırdıthat / it is calm | ala sabırdılathose / they are calm |
| mine | meniki sabırdımine is calm | menikile sabırdılamine are calm |
| yours | seniki sabırdıyours is calm | senikile sabırdılayours are calm |
| ours | bizniki sabırdıours is calm | biznikile sabırdılaours are calm |