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ع-ص-ر

Ayn-Sad-Ra

2 words from this root family

About this root

Ayn-Sad-Ra (ع-ص-ر) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: ʿaṣīr (juice), muʿāṣir (contemporary / modern).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 5 times in 5 verses, across 4 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:266.

Themes: Drinks, Basics, Literature Arts

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
عَصِير
ʿaṣīr
juicenoun, A1Cooking & Kitchen
مُعاصِر
muʿāṣir
contemporary / modernadjective, B2Cultural Movements

In the Quran

وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ ۖ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًا ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِى خُبْزًا تَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ ۖ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

And two young men went to prison with him. One of them said: I dreamed that I was pressing wine. The other said: I dreamed that I was carrying upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating. Announce unto us the interpretation, for we see thee of those good (at interpretation).

Quran 12:36
ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَامٌ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَ

Then, after that, will come a year when the people will have plenteous crops and when they will press (wine and oil).

Quran 12:49
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًا

And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

Quran 78:14

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1noun
عَصِير
ʿaṣīr

juice

Example
أُرِيدُ عَصِيرَ بُرْتُقَالٍ
urīdu ʿaṣīra burtuqālin
I want orange juice
B2adjective
مُعاصِر
muʿāṣir

contemporary / modern

Example
يَهتَمُّ بِالفَنِّ المُعاصِر.
yahtammu bi-l-fanni l-muʿāṣir.
He is interested in contemporary art.

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