ũkirĩrĩria

n. · class 14/6

1. patience, endurance. Patience. The quality of enduring difficult circumstances, hardship, or delay with perseverance and without complaint; forbearance and steadfastness in the face of trials.

Example: Ũkirĩrĩria mũraya ũtũmaga mũnene agucĩrĩrĩke, (By patience is a ruler persuaded, Prv 15:1, 4.); Me kũ atari a betha hamwe na wĩra wao wa ũkirĩrĩria o hamwe na hitho ya wĩra wao? (Who schemed anxiously for money,)