صَبْرَpatience

Example sentences

• وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَى هَذَا وَلَا ذَاكَ

  And among them are some who have no patience for either this or that.

  صَبْرَ — patience. This noun ('patience') is the thing wiped out by the laa before it. In the 'no X at all' pattern the noun drops its 'a/the' and takes a bare ending that signals a flat, complete denial. So the sense is 'no patience whatsoever'.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →

• وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَى وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الأَمَرَّيْنِ

  Most of them have no patience for either of the two matters.

  صَبْرَ — patience. This noun ('patience') is the thing wiped out by the laa before it. In the 'no X at all' pattern it drops its 'a/the' and takes a bare ending marking a flat, complete denial. So the sense is 'no patience whatsoever'.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →