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
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
عَصِير ʿaṣīr | juice | noun, A1 | Cooking & Kitchen |
مُعاصِر muʿāṣir | contemporary / modern | adjective, B2 | Cultural 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 ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَAnd 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).
ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَامٌ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَThen, after that, will come a year when the people will have plenteous crops and when they will press (wine and oil).
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءً ثَجَّاجًاAnd have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
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).