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عصر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عُصْرَةٌ ذ [app., A thing from which water or the like may, or may almost, be expressed, or wrung out ]. You say, بَلَّ المَطَرُ ثِيَابَهُ حَتَّى صَارَتْ عُصْرَةً The rain wetted his clothes so that their water was almost wrung out. (TA.) -A2- See also عَصَرٌ, in four places. -A3- Also i. q. دِنْيَةٌ: one says, هٰؤُلَاآءِ مَوَالِينَا عُصْرَةً i. e. دِنْيَةً [ These are sons of our paternal uncle, or the like, closely related ], exclusively of others: (S, O:) and so قُصْرَةً. (TA.)

Derived headwords

عُصْرَةٌ
  1. 1.
بَلَّ المَطَرُ ثِيَابَهُ حَتَّى صَارَتْ عُصْرَةً
مَوَالِينَا عُصْرَةً